Tag: Willem
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Patricia Arquette Had Willem Dafoe and Camila Morrone Do ‘Crazy Experimental Rehearsals’ to Prep for ‘Gonzo Girl’
Patricia Arquette encouraged her cast to get a little gonzo on the set of “Gonzo Girl.”Arquette makes her feature directorial debut with the adaptation of Cheryl Della Pietra’s 2015 novel of the same name, which is inspired by journalist Pietra’s experience working as Hunter S. Thompson’s assistant. Willem Dafoe stars as the Thompson stand-in, named…
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Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef Went to Mortician School for ‘Poor Things’
Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming Frankenstein-inspired fantasy “Poor Things” felt like a “college campus” for his cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Ramy Youssef, who were all tasked with learning new skills.Youssef and Dafoe were assigned to mortician school, with classes based on the 19th-century approach to autopsies and embalming. Dafoe portrays the unorthodox…