Adam Driver is paying Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley the very best compliments after working alongside them.
Talking with ET’s Cassie DiLaura, Driver spoke concerning the bond he shaped with the 2 actresses whereas filming Ferrari, by which he stars as the enduring automotive creator and racing legend Enzo Ferrari. Cruz performs his spouse, Laura Ferrari, whereas Woodley takes on the function of Ferrari’s mistress, Lina Lardi.
“Leading up to it, it wasn’t something we talked about,” says Driver when requested about how he approached bonding with Cruz’s and Woodley’s characters in every of their scenes. “I’ve felt that when you’re working with really great actors there’s not a lot of … there’s kind of a shorthand that immediately kind of happens. There’s immediate respect and they’re both actors who are very present, and they’re not anywhere else. They’re right there with you, so in a way it’s easy. Then just playing the scenes ’cause the script is so strong.”
Cruz and Woodley by no means filmed a scene collectively in director Michael Mann’s upcoming movie. They noticed one another on the desk learn after which when Cruz filmed her scene with the paparazzi.
“That’s the only day we saw each other,” Cruz says. “I love her work so much. I was sad not to have any scenes with her and have everything with Adam.”
Driver quipped, “It’s exhausting.”
For Woodley, being a part of this venture was a life-altering expertise, she mentioned, and that speaks to the fervour Mann had for this movie, which was twenty years within the making.
“The opportunity to work with somebody who has spent a lifetime dedicated to perfecting and mastering a craft, it’s a rare thing,” Woodley says. “The world is very fleeting at the moment; people’s attention span is all over the place, and Michael is dedicated and devoted to every single aspect of the process. Even now in the marketing side of this film.”
She continued, “I learned so much working with him because I’d never — even in life, in general, outside of this industry — been around someone who was so absolutely able to focus on every single attention of detail. It was a life-changing experience.”
For her dramatic transformation, Cruz mentioned it wasn’t a lot about perfecting her character’s waddle — which she completely nailed with the assistance of plantillas (or shoe inserts) — however extra about realizing the individual’s character.
“I think the walk came after a few months preparing for the character, finding out who she was,” Cruz says. “I don’t think you can decide first what is the look of a character or what are the shoes. Everything has a meaning, but first you have to know what’s inside. What is her mind.”
Ditto for Driver, who mentioned he is tremendous into absorbing loads of details about his characters and leaving no stone unturned.
“And then [you] have to be comfortable with letting all of that go,” he provides. “If something in the moment comes up, that’s better.”
Driver additionally handled the technical a part of utilizing prosthetics and make-up. This, coupled together with his info on the enduring character, helped him excellent the function.
“Mixing all that stuff together, naturally, wearing all that stuff for 14 hours a day, by osmosis you start to got here,” he says.
Ferrari hits theaters Christmas Day.
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