C. Nolan's Interstellar - Part 2

[bapi]

So filming will start on August 6.

 

[Sawyer]

Wes Bentley

 

[Hyde]

Spoiler

Roth or Doyle?

 

[Hyde]

So, let's take a look at the cast.

Matthew McConaughey - Cooper
Anne Hathaway - [BLACKOUT]Brand[/BLACKOUT]
Jessica Chastain - [BLACKOUT]Adult Tina[/BLACKOUT]
Michael Caine - [BLACKOUT]Professor[/BLACKOUT]
Casey Affleck - [BLACKOUT]Roth/Doyle[/BLACKOUT]
Bill Irwin - [BLACKOUT]Brand's father/Roth/Doyle[/BLACKOUT]
Mackenzie Foy - [BLACKOUT]Young Tina[/BLACKOUT]
Timothee Chalamet - [BLACKOUT]Tom[/BLACKOUT]
Ellen Burstyn - [BLACKOUT]Old Tina[/BLACKOUT]
John Lithgow - [BLACKOUT]Donald[/BLACKOUT]
Topher Grace - [BLACKOUT]Doyle/Case/Tars[/BLACKOUT]
Wes Bentley [BLACKOUT]Roth/Doyle/Case/Tars[/BLACKOUT]

Damn.

 

[batman44]

Nice cast

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

That cast is huge!

 

[Vid Electricz]

Nice to see Topher Grace and Wes Bentley getting some respectable roles...

 

[Hyde]

It is indeed huge, although not all of those people will be getting top billing. Irwin, Foy, Chalamet and Burstyn definitely won't.

Question: before Inception started filming (or during it), was there a press release confirming all the roles and some plot details?

 

[Vid Electricz]

I don't think so. It wasn't until late in filming or post production that much was revealed (from my memory).

 

[Hyde]

Oh....

Great.

 

[Vid Electricz]

I remember set pics being released and there being a basic idea of the premise and some of the characters names, but nothing was entirely clear until around the post-production stage. But I could be wrong. I only followed it casually and not super closely.

 

[Rocketman]

Some random thoughts on this film (if I may):

I have to say, I'm relieved that Nolan is exploring such different territory. He really seems to have shuffled up the deck and radically changed his "image" or "style", if you will. A drastically different cast that is outside his comfort zone can only be a good thing.

- This feels like a Nolan cast, yet it totally doesn't.
- Plus it's such a wilder sci-fi idea than he's done before.
- It's with Paramount - not just WB.
- And he's not with Wally Pfister anymore.

Only two Nolan veterans returning (Hathaway and Caine)? Awesome.

I might be more excited for this than I was for TDKR, one reason being, it was basically Christian Bale Featuring The Cast of Inception. I really thought we would have a similar problem with Interstellar. It's not a bad thing, but I was worried that Nolan was getting too obvious.

John Lithgow being in a Christopher Nolan movie is incredibly awesome.
Ellen Burstyn being in a Christopher Nolan movie is incredibly awesome.

I love, love, love that Nolan takes chances with actors like Topher Grace and Wes Bentley. That's such a cool move, and nobody of his caliber is really making moves like that.

God, I'm just really, really impressed, relieved, excited, etc.

NOTE: How long will it take before the Internet realizes there are no black people in this cast?

 

[Vid Electricz]

Some random thoughts on this film (if I may):

I have to say, I'm relieved that Nolan is exploring such different territory. He really seems to have shuffled up the deck and radically changed his "image" or "style", if you will. A drastically different cast that is outside his comfort zone can only be a good thing.

- This feels like a Nolan cast, yet it totally doesn't.
- Plus it's such a wilder sci-fi idea than he's done before.
- It's with Paramount - not just WB.
- And he's not with Wally Pfister anymore.

Only two Nolan veterans returning (Hathaway and Caine)? Awesome.

I might be more excited for this than I was for TDKR, one reason being, it was basically Christian Bale Featuring The Cast of Inception. I really thought we would have a similar problem with Interstellar. It's not a bad thing, but I was worried that Nolan was getting too obvious.

John Lithgow being in a Christopher Nolan movie is incredibly awesome.
Ellen Burstyn being in a Christopher Nolan movie is incredibly awesome.

I love, love, love that Nolan takes chances with actors like Topher Grace and Wes Bentley. That's such a cool move, and nobody of his caliber is really making moves like that.

God, I'm just really, really impressed, relieved, excited, etc.

No Wally Pfister...


but otherwise:

 

[The Shape]

NOTE: How long will it take before the Internet realizes there are no black people in this cast?

Already saw an article commenting on the "lack of diversity" in the cast.

Funny how someone could make that judgement without knowing what kind f film Nolan is trying to make, or thinking about potential supporting/background actors.

 

[Hyde]

The guys over at the NolanFans forums are already arguing about the lack of diversity.

 

[The Shape]

I've been staying out of this thread for the most part, since there hasn't been much news besides casting and also because I want to know as little as possible about this film. But reading back a few pages, it seems some of you have read the script and already know pretty much everything. Is this true?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I gotta say... that is one eclectic and unusual cast.

Nolan should pull some amazing performances out of them.

 

[Rocketman]

Already saw an article commenting on the "lack of diversity" in the cast.

Funny how someone could make that judgement without knowing what kind f film Nolan is trying to make, or thinking about potential supporting/background actors.

I know.

Oddly enough, I almost think it's more racist to purposely cast minorities in movie casts like this, just to be diverse. As if to say, "Look, we need a diverse cast to sell tickets to more demographics... Any Latinos we can round up?"

If anything, Nolan is not being racist, because he's just casting his damn movie, and that's the cast he wants, not the cast that will be more politically correct and successful according to suits.

You know, this is a very unconventional film, when you think about it. More so than Inception.

 

[Rocketman]

I've been staying out of this thread for the most part, since there hasn't been much news besides casting and also because I want to know as little as possible about this film. But reading back a few pages, it seems some of you have read the script and already know pretty much everything. Is this true?

Yes and no. That script is from 2008, before Chris got his hands on it. And although we know the story and the characters, I personally think Nolan has drastically changed the script.

 

[The Shape]

Yes and no. That script is from 2008, before Chris got his hands on it. And although we know the story and the characters, I personally think Nolan has drastically changed the script.

Hmm. Still surprised some of you would even read it, considering this is a non-Batman Chris Nolan film that would probably best enjoyed by walking in a not knowing what to expect. Aside from the trailers, that's how Inception was for me and it was a really rewarding experience.

Care to offer up any spoiler-free thoughts? The film's overall premise (NOT synopsis), whether the script you read was good or bad, etc.

 

[kvz5]

Outside of a gender switch and the expansion of a character arc, I think it'll be much closer to the Jonah version than what we're thinking. The locations rumored so far all fit scenes in the script. We'll see.

Personally, I'm most excited in Chastain's performance and what Nolan will do with two of my favorite characters [blackout]CASE, TARS[/blackout].

 

[Rocketman]

Hmm. Still surprised some of you would even read it, considering this is a non-Batman Chris Nolan film that would probably best enjoyed by walking in a not knowing what to expect. Aside from the trailers, that's how Inception was for me and it was a really rewarding experience.

Care to offer up any spoiler-free thoughts? The film's overall premise (NOT synopsis), whether the script you read was good or bad, etc.

I loved the script. It's definitely the most ambitious thing Nolan has tackled yet. And it feels like an old school Spielberg film. Visually it should be something we've never seen before. It just has all the elements of something really special.

BUT, and this isn't really a bad thing... It doesn't have that "Whoa" element to it that Inception or Memento had. There were random moments in Inception where I just sort of leaned back and thought, "Damn, this is nuts," whereas with Interstellar, the story isn't necessarily crazy or mind-bending. It's a pretty straightforward and accessible story. That's where I think Nolan has made some big, big changes. Christopher Nolan isn't the type of man who is going to take a concept and story like this and just make it simple. There's going to be a head-scratching factor to it that the 2008 script doesn't have.

Lastly, this is going to sound ludicrous, but parts of this script and the overall feel of it kind of reminded me of the Lost in Space movie from 1998. I know that sounds completely stupid, but I just continuously thought of that film. That's kind of an underrated movie in it's own right, and it stars Gary Oldman, oddly enough.

 

[Green Goblin]

Excuse my ignorance but do we even know the movie's main plot?

 

[Rocketman]

Excuse my ignorance but do we even know the movie's main plot?

Yes. A group of explorers travel through a worm hole and into another dimension.

There's also the script, too.

 

[Green Goblin]

Will it be as complicated as inception? My brain was stressed out following it the first time...