Actors Benicio del Toro and Adrien Brody on Wes Anderson's creative process

What is it like working with legendary filmmaker Wes Anderson?  Actors Benicio del Toro and Adrien Brody share the details ...

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00:00I wanted to work with him for a long time too, he just didn't know.

00:03He's a genius, and I don't use that word lightly, he's a genius.

00:15I feel like, I feel like I've been baptized.

00:30I just call and send, you know, I send the script, the story I'm in, and read it, and loved it.

00:43There is a specific style in which you, I've grown accustomed to with Wes, and,

00:49and, you know, I think it's, it's a journey of discovery. I think you need to discover on

00:55your own and communicate with the director. It's not really for another actor to weigh in,

00:58but I think it's a, it's a, you know, I listen when I work with an actor, and I try to be present,

01:06and I love the, the range of which Benicio brought to his character and the choices he made.

01:14And whether I knew of a choice would probably be to one direction or another for Wes's sensibility,

01:22I love the process as an actor of engaging with him, and, and dancing, and, and, and then what

01:28you build is this, this final thing, and I feel like by Benicio finding his way within that

01:39specificity, he brought a lot of humanity into that role.

01:43And that comes from him as well. I mean, I just, I can't do that alone.

01:47You know, it all happens together, and the trick is how, when you, when you...

01:51You could do it alone, but I, but I appreciate that.

01:53No, but, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

01:55What I love about Wes is how specific and prepared he is, beyond the scope of understanding the

02:02character and communicating with an actor about what your motivation is, why this would happen,

02:08he, it's, it's an orchestra, it's an orchestra, it's an elaborate thing, and, and so much thought

02:17goes into every nuance. He's a genius, and I don't use that word lightly, he's a genius,

02:22and when you're in the, in the proximity of a genius, and they, and you like them genuinely

02:29as a person, and they elevate you, and make you better at what you do, that's the biggest gift

02:36you can ever have, and I love Wes for that. I love, I love his, his genius, and I love his,

02:44um, curiosity, and his child, childlike enthusiasm for the world, and, and, and, and,

02:55and his attention to detail, and he nurtured, and he nurtures everyone, he just nurtures you,

03:01makes Benicio a part of the family, he made me a part of this family, I, and, uh, you know,

03:07Timothy is welcome, and there'll be other wonderful people that kind of join the troupe,

03:12and it's just kind of like a big, expanding, wonderful circus with all of these unique people,

03:18and characters, and it's, it's amazing. Do you feel like you're part of the family now?

03:24I hope so, yeah, I sort of, you know, I hope so, yes, yes, I do, I do, I feel like, uh, yeah,

03:32I feel like I, I've been baptized. He earned his stay. I, I, yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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