Willem Dafoe on How the Pandemic Impacted His Work and Committing to ‘Hair-Raising’ Abel Ferrara Movies

A year ago, while much of the world remained on lockdown, Willem Dafoe got to work.

As film productions gradually started back up, the veteran actor was ready for them.

The result is that the ever-versatile performer has a wide range of projects in the pipeline, from “The Northman” (Robert Eggers’ follow-up to “The Lighthouse”) to Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley.” But one movie just released in theaters has been waiting for its moment since the early days of the pandemic: “Siberia,” his latest collaboration with cinematic provocateur Abel Ferrara, premiered in competition at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival shortly before lockdowns spread throughout the globe.Now, Lionsgate has released the movie in theaters and VOD, marking one of the bigger U.S.

companies to get behind the legendary New York filmmaker in some time.

That’s an especially notable outcome because “Siberia” is one of the most ambitious and

Read full article