When an actor plays a role in a movie, they typically do a little research into their character. Some may even get some real-world experience in the character’s profession, but I can’t imagine that many actor’s have gone to mortician school. According to Empire, that’s precisely what Willem Dafoe did in preparation for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.
Willem Dafoe plays Dr. Godwin Baxter in Poor Things, an eccentric scientist who brings Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) back to life. Along with Ramy Youssef, Dafoe went to mortician school to get some experience slicing, stitching, and all the things one needs to bring a dead body back to life. “It was like: ‘Mark’s going to accent class, Emma is going to dance class, and then me and Willem are going to hang with the mortician, and we’ll link back up at lunch’,” Youssef said. “It felt like a college campus.
Willem Dafoe plays Dr. Godwin Baxter in Poor Things, an eccentric scientist who brings Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) back to life. Along with Ramy Youssef, Dafoe went to mortician school to get some experience slicing, stitching, and all the things one needs to bring a dead body back to life. “It was like: ‘Mark’s going to accent class, Emma is going to dance class, and then me and Willem are going to hang with the mortician, and we’ll link back up at lunch’,” Youssef said. “It felt like a college campus.
- 7/31/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
During a panel discussion on faith and comedy at the Just For Laughs festival on Saturday, Ramy Youssef talked about his father foretelling the Hollywood actors strike when offering early career advice.
Youssef, who portrays his Muslim faith with both devotion and defiance in his Hulu series Ramy, told the comedy festival audience about his Egyptian-born father discouraging him early on from becoming an artist and entertainer because he’d have to provide for his family one day. “He was always like, ‘This is a beautiful hobby for you to have. Grow the hobby.’ But I remember him clearly saying, ‘One day, real life is going to start,’” he recounted.
The current industry shutdown as Hollywood actors on picket lines seek fair pay, including residuals from streamers, has that warning from his traditional accountant father ringing in his head. “Now we’re in the strike, and, well, here it is!
Youssef, who portrays his Muslim faith with both devotion and defiance in his Hulu series Ramy, told the comedy festival audience about his Egyptian-born father discouraging him early on from becoming an artist and entertainer because he’d have to provide for his family one day. “He was always like, ‘This is a beautiful hobby for you to have. Grow the hobby.’ But I remember him clearly saying, ‘One day, real life is going to start,’” he recounted.
The current industry shutdown as Hollywood actors on picket lines seek fair pay, including residuals from streamers, has that warning from his traditional accountant father ringing in his head. “Now we’re in the strike, and, well, here it is!
- 7/29/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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