Don’t worry,Teslaisn’t an Elon Musk biopic.
It’s such an interesting and unorthodox way to tell this story about these men.
Was that why you wanted to do it?
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Sorry, I use that word a lot, which is appropriate given the subject.
[Laughs] But it does, it really brings it home in a way.
And I think that Michael really did that with the way he approached this.
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The material and approach helped, but how did you go about trying to bring something new to Edison?
What kind of research did you to do for find those answers?
What was it like playing out that adversarial dynamic with Ethan?
I love working with him.
Were you, Michael, and Ethan able to pick right back up where you left off withHamlet?
Or did it feel different?
What was it like filming that?
Hopefully you didn’t have to do too many takes!
[Laughs] It wasn’t too bad.
It was a lot of fun.
Often we want our heroes to be perfect, and these were not perfect men.
They were very imperfect, but they really needed each other in this particular time.
But you will understand them a a little bit more and find them to be relatable.
Teslaopens Friday in select theaters and on VOD.
