WCT: There is already Oscar talk about this role for him. With someone that seasoned you will see Bobby, not Willem, in the first three seconds, though. "There's the Green Goblin from Spider-Man!" I was worried that the audience would be jolted out of a scene with a face that was too recognizable. He came to set with a list of accessories such as sunglasses, watch, and necklace. He was trying to get there and believe himself. He came in a week early to meet motel directors and flesh out the character in his head. He said once, "I'm scared shitless every time I start a new movie." We couldn't believe that with him being such a seasoned actor, but he said he never knows what to expect. What was incredible to see was that he was a regular, humble dude. WCT: What was one thing you got out of working with Willem Dafoe? We started seeing a bigger story after walking from motel to motel. We met a motel manager that inspired the Bobby character. We fleshed out the script by actually being there. We worked with the community to find the most enthusiastic people who would share their stories. It wasn't until we got there and did something like we did in Tangerine. We wanted to pull from our own childhood to flesh out their adventures. We were going for the mom from the Disney films that is oddly not in the picture. The more I read about it made me decide to make a mother and daughter story. SB: Chris introduced me to the issue, but we couldn't take frequent trips to the area. WCT: How was it different with The Florida Project?
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We eventually found our script, but it started with us making a movie about Donut Time and that area. She wanted to be a star of this movie so she introduced us to Kiki Rodriguez and all of her friends. We had to befriend someone who would open the door for us ,and that was Mya Taylor. I wanted to focus on transgender sex workers who worked there.Ĭhris Bergoch, who also, and I were from outside that world so we had to work our way in. I thought every neighborhood had been shot in California, but this community had never been represented on film or TV. It is pretty much gentrified at this point. They pass by it, and it was an unofficial red-light district. This is a corner that everyone knows about but doesn't spend time on in. SB: I live a mile from Highland and Santa Monica. I think that shifted to what I would focus on my entire career. It wasn't until I was at NYU that I got to know more of foreign cinema. In general, I am into genres such as horror films and mainstream Hollywood films. My other films have little homages here and there.
Harry did a lot of orchestration for The Little Rascals. In Tangerine, the opening segment has a Harry Horlick rendition of Toyland. Windy City Times: Start off describing something that influenced your movie making while growing up. His latest production, The Florida Project, follows the life of a 6-year-old girl named Moonee who lives in The Magic Castle Motel managed by Bobby, played by Willem Dafoe. He showed the hustler way of life in several films such as Prince of Broadway and the transgender-focused iPhone-made feature Tangerine. He followed that with Take Out, and then created the game-changing sitcom Greg the Bunny. After studying film at New York University, Sean Baker wrote and directed his first film, Four Letter Words.
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