Do you keep in mind your first time seeing Invoice in full costume and prosthetics? Was it terrifying?
We did the primary take a look at at Shepperton Studios—not a digicam take a look at, however principally for Robert, David, and myself. Then we did a digicam take a look at in Prague fairly early on. That was wonderful. It was like, Proper, that is really going to work. After which to see him clearly on set, once we shot the outside greeting and he’s off within the distance on this dim gentle with the fort behind him and he’s obtained the cloak and the entire 9 yards on, I used to be identical to, Whoa! That is fabulous.
One of many standout facets of the movie for me was the terribly cohesive world-building. Every little thing from the manufacturing design to the costumes to the cinematography, all of it matches collectively so fantastically and elegantly. Having labored with Robert and the identical workforce for fairly a couple of movies now, do you discover there’s a kind of unstated language between you all that helps you obtain that?
Positively, and it began fairly rapidly. I might say that in The Lighthouse, which was the primary movie all of us labored on collectively, we had already begun to complete one another’s sentences. Then The Northman, with COVID and taking pictures in Northern Eire and horizontal rain and wind, was simply such a loopy private expertise for everyone. That actually furthered the flexibility to work collectively. However, actually, it’s Robert who’s the conduit. I converse with Craig, Craig speaks with me, we converse with Jarin, the manufacturing folks, hair and make-up. However Robert is at all times out there to speak issues by way of. If I can’t discover a reference and I say, “It could possibly be this, and it could possibly be this, and it could possibly be this,” he’ll say, “This is what I’m considering.” It’s not usually you could have a director with that a lot happening in that noggin. It’s this fixed backwards and forwards of data and pictures, and it’s at all times articulated so clearly. That’s very uncommon.
