I just re read the article from Entertainment Weekly where Nolan and Washington talk about Tenet. When Nolan talks about Washington, the way he described him reminded me of Tom Cruise when he talks about his athleticism.
John David Washington as The Protagonist
Its like Chris found another performer in the vein of Tom Hardy, some who acts with his whole body, he seems to really like that.Joshua Strong wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2020, 6:32 pmI just re read the article from Entertainment Weekly where Nolan and Washington talk about Tenet. When Nolan talks about Washington, the way he described him reminded me of Tom Cruise when he talks about his athleticism.
I would imagine some of you have seen this before, but thought I would post anyway for those who haven't. John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki both appeared in Vanity Fair's 2019 Hollywood Issue, together. This behind the scenes video came out in January, about two months before casting news for Tenet was announced. I wonder if they both knew they had been cast at this time?
Here is the video:
https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/ ... over-shoot
Here are some pictures:
Here is the video:
https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/ ... over-shoot
Here are some pictures:
This looks good. I haven't seen these before.marshallmurphy wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2020, 10:55 amI would imagine some of you have seen this before, but thought I would post anyway for those who haven't. John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki both appeared in Vanity Fair's 2019 Hollywood Issue, together. This behind the scenes video came out in January, about two months before casting news for Tenet was announced. I wonder if they both knew they had been cast at this time?
Here is the video:
https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/ ... over-shoot
Here are some pictures:
here's a solid video of JD talking about this film on fortnite. He's so enthusiastic! i love it
edit: anyone know how i can get it to be a thumbnail you can just click on?
edit: anyone know how i can get it to be a thumbnail you can just click on?
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You just cant not love John, im watching all the interviews he makes for this, same with Rob and all the others though.
At first I was a little concerned, if someone like JDW can carry this movie. But damn that boy has charm. And I like the chemistry between him and Pattinson.
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Thanks for the video, I actually watched it earlier today as well. JDW seems to have such a cool personality, he's going to do great in this.
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From the piece...
...Right around that time, BlacKkKlansmanpremiered at Cannes. Spike Lee sat behind Christopher Nolan. Every so often, Lee snuck a glance at the writer-director to see how he was reacting to his film and his star. Lee recounts this story and then tells me to take down a note to read to Nolan when I talk to him later in the week.
“Ask him, say, ‘Dear Chris, this is your cinema brother, Spike Lee. I’m looking forward to seeing Tenet, starring the great, great John David Washington. Thank you for casting him and making yourself look good. Thank you for casting him, for hoisting him into the stratosphere. My question for you is: Did you decide that you’re going to cast John David Washington at the world premiere of BlacKkKlansman?’ ”
Nolan laughs. “Oh, very much,” he says. “By the way, it was a pretty intense experience to sit in front of Spike Lee at the premiere. And no, it very much sort of felt like destiny to me. That was an extraordinary screening, and the audience response to Spike’s movie was really electric in that room at Cannes; it was quite something. And I just felt a sort of magnetism there. It really was an important thing for me in terms of feeling like it was meant to be somehow.”
Nolan had first seen Washington in Ballers years before. He had no idea who he was—didn’t know his name or who his dad was. He was just struck by his charisma onscreen. Nolan, who writes many of his films, including Tenet, generally tries not to think about casting while he’s writing his scripts. But with Tenet, he simply couldn’t get Washington out of his head. So he called the actor, who was still filming Ballers at the time, into a meeting...