Pedro Almodóvar has spent decades avoiding the allure of American studio projects, from “Sister Act” to “Brokeback Mountain,” and still doesn’t trust the system.
“It’s kind of a contradiction,” he told IndieWire during a recent afternoon in his office in Madrid.
“Hollywood wants to bring in outside talent, but they don’t always let them do what they want to do.”These days, Almodóvar has addressed that conundrum by making the talent come to him.
Continuing his toe-dip into English language filmmaking that started with his Tilda Swinton-starring short film “The Human Voice” in 2020, the 72-year-old director is on the verge of taking another step.“Strange Way of Life,” which begins production in late August, will star Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as a pair of middle-aged gunslingers at the center of a 30-minute Western.
Much of the action will take place in the desert region of Spain’s Almería region,
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