Young Hollywood: Armie Hammer on working with Clint Eastwood
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When Evan Rachel Wood showed up to her first day on the set of ‘Whatever Works,’ she wasn’t sure if she’d be out of a job in a few hours.
After all, she had yet to meet director Woody Allen -- he cast her simply because he felt she was right for the part in his 2009 film. And she’d heard stories about the legendary filmmaker quickly firing actors when he realized they weren’t right for certain parts.
‘People will show up and do the scene and he’ll be like, ‘You know what, this isn’t right.’ And he’ll just recast. So the first day I was, like, so, so scared,’ the actress admitted on Friday at the Los Angeles Times’ Young Hollywood roundtable, which also included Armie Hammer, Kirsten Dunst and Anton Yelchin.
Hammer also admitted being terrified before working with a different iconic director -- Clint Eastwood. The actor began work on Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’ immediately after wrapping ‘The Social Network’ with David Fincher and said the two filmmakers employ completely different styles of directing.
‘With Fincher, he would spend 20 minutes making sure that the angle of your head was right when you shot a scene,’ Hammer said. ‘But with Clint, you walk into a room and he goes, ‘OK, so put it on its feet.’ ...’ And you’re like, ‘Oh, so it’s up to me? Uh, OK.’ ‘
For more on how the young stars approached working with A-list directors, watch the clip below. Check back with 24 Frames this week as we continue to post short videos with additional highlights from the conversation.
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