No wonder the 26-year-old British actor exhibits a confidence and eloquence unusual for a man in his mid-20s. He was Ford’s first choice for the “Nocturnal Animals” role, for example. It will mark the first original feature produced through Amazon Studios.Įven though he only takes one project a year, his profile is rapidly rising. The actor recently finished shooting his next film, “The Wall,” an indie war thriller directed by Doug Liman. “I had to keep that dark aura away from my family and kids,” he adds. Both limit themselves to one project a year, giving Taylor-Johnson the ability to fully enter the headspace of such a troubled character. While his character brought him to dark spaces, the actor was buoyed by his home life with director Sam Taylor-Johnson. I couldn’t even recognize half the things I did - what did I say, what did I just do?” While he wasn’t able to sympathize with his character’s actions, Taylor-Johnson was able to find justification for the why, which he distills to, “You’re only going to blame me anyway, so I might as well do the thing you’re accusing me of.”
“There are some things that I did as that character that when I watched it back for the first time, I was so put off and disturbed by myself. “It was really kind of disturbing, sleepless nights,” Taylor-Johnson says of the process.
AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON NOCTURNAL ANIMALS GIF SERIAL
It’s a far step from the Marvel superhero universe Taylor-Johnson has inhabited in recent years, from the “Kick-Ass” films to “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Himself a father to two young girls, he spent several months prior to filming researching psychopaths and serial killers to prepare for going inside of his character’s dark psyche. “When I first read the script, I thought it’s a dark, horrific, violent thriller, which it is, but it’s a metaphor for this heartbreak,” he says of the highly stylized film, which also stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon and Isla Fisher across a collage of interwoven story lines. Taylor-Johnson’s Ray Marcus lives in the barren stretches of Texas, the ringleader of a gang of miscreants who encounter, and subsequently brutalize, a husband and wife who are on a road trip with their young daughter. Talks about working with director Doug Liman on The Wall and playing an American sharpshooter trapped in a standoff with an Iraqi sniper.Quil Lemons Explores Desire and Masculinity in 'Quiladelphia'.What was it like on set between takes with Jake Gyllenhaal?.What is it like working for a director that controls even the smallest detail?.Talks about what Ford told him to do to get ready for the role like growing his fingernails, hair and dropping about 20 pounds.How he was hesitant at first to play this part.
AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON NOCTURNAL ANIMALS GIF MOVIE
When you’re in a Tom Ford movie how much time do you spend picking out what you’re going to wear?.Nocturnal Animals is now playing in limited release and expands into more theaters this week and goes wide December 9 th.
Check out what he had to say in the video above and below is a list of what we talked about and some images from the film. He talked about working with Tom Ford and why he’s a great collaborator, how he was first hesitant to play the role, what he did to get ready for the part (including dropping 20 pounds), what it was like between takes when you’re playing such intense scenes, working with director Doug Liman on The Wall, and more. At the Los Angeles press day I landed an exclusive video interview with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
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