Cary Fukunaga is aware he has a reputation for being difficult on set, but he dispels that rumor in a new profile published by GQ magazine.
The filmmaker became a breakthrough talent after his work helming the first season of HBO’s anthology series “True Detective,” which won him an Emmy for directing, but the production of the show was filled with tension between Fukunaga and showrunner Nic Pizzolatto.
Fukunaga revealed to GQ one point of contention was the tracking shot from the show’s fourth episode.“Nic wanted to cut it up in post-production,” Fukunaga said of the nearly six-minute unbroken take, which follows Matthew McConaughey’s detective through a bloody robbery.
“He did not like that I was pushing for that one at all.”Fukunaga argued that the show could use a visual shake-up like a one take after several episodes full of talking and philosophizing.
“I mean,
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