Do you bear in mind your first time seeing Invoice in full costume and prosthetics? Was it terrifying?
I do. We did the primary check at Shepperton Studios—not a digicam check, however principally for Robert and David and myself. Then we did a digicam check in Prague fairly early on—that was wonderful. It was like, proper, that is truly going to work. After which to see him clearly on set, once we shot the outside greeting and he’s off within the distance on this dim mild with the fort behind him, and he’s received the cloak and the entire 9 yards on, I used to be similar to, “Whoa! That is fabulous.”
One of many standout features of the movie for me was the terribly cohesive world-building—every little thing from the manufacturing design to the costumes to the cinematography, all of it suits collectively so fantastically and elegantly. Having labored with Robert and the identical group for fairly a number of movies now, do you discover there’s a type of unstated language between you all that helps you obtain that?
Positively, and it began fairly shortly. I might say that in The Lighthouse, which was the primary movie all of us labored on collectively, we had already begun to complete one another’s sentences. Then I believe The Northman, which was… with COVID and capturing in Northern Eire and horizontal rain and wind, it was simply such a loopy private expertise for everyone. That actually furthered the flexibility to work collectively. However actually, it’s Robert who’s the conduit. I communicate with Craig, Craig speaks with me, we communicate with Jarin, we communicate with the manufacturing folks, we communicate with hair and make-up. However Robert is at all times accessible to speak issues by means of. If there’s one thing the place I can’t discover a reference, and I say, “It could possibly be this, and it could possibly be this, and it could possibly be this,” he’ll say, “This is what I’m pondering.” You go, “Oh, okay.” It’s not typically you’ve gotten a director with that a lot happening in that noggin. It’s this fixed back-and-forth of knowledge and pictures, and it’s at all times articulated so clearly. That’s very uncommon.
