Seeking inspiration for his next project, Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin McDonagh traveled years ago to Easter Island.
Because “you get a lot of facets of someone, the 72-year-old, who won an award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance, said he enjoys playing such roles. John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, actors long known for their memorably ominous characters, are joined by Steve Buscemi to star in the film that’s garnered standing ovations across the festival circuit, starting with its debut in Venice. But the director did not want a didactic film.
“All of those beautiful aspects of Rapa Nui were fundamental to it being a character in the story,” the British-Irish director said during a press event at the Toronto Film Festival . The director nabbed an Oscar in 2006 for his short film “Six Shooters,” and has earned six more Academy Award nominations for the films “In Bruges,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “The Banshees of Inisherin. “It’s very theatrical, the buddy movie, in a way,” Rockwell said, describing the characters as an “odd couple. The actor who recently made a star cameo on the series “The White Lotus” said that “even the way they fight, there’s a love in the way they fight.
