Civil war : the great return of Alex Garland
Civil war is Alex Garland’s last film after that Ex machina (2014),Annihilation (2018) e Men (2022), and it is especially for us one of the best films of the year Currently. An intense and powerful proposal that imagines America in the midst of civil war. The film, which aims to be political and pacifist, follows a group of reporters who travel across the country to reach Washington, where the current president is preparing to be ousted.
It is above all the representation of these journalists and photographers and the consequences that the conflict has on them that gives the full strength of the feature film. But Civil war Furthermore, he does not spare himself in tense scenes, as when the young Jessie (Cailee Spaeny) and another journalist are threatened by armed nationalists. One of them is performed by Jesse Plemon, which with only a few minutes on screen, manages to leave its mark on the minds of viewers. Cold and ruthless, he puts pressure on the journalists who come to Jessie’s aid, and does not hesitate to shoot down one of them who is not “a good American”. His phrase “What kind of American are you?” heard in the film’s trailer was chilling, even before the discovery Civil war.
Behind the scenes by Jesse Plemons
This terrifying sequence of Civil war perhaps it wouldn’t have had the same impact without the excellent game of Jesse Plemons, capable of evolving in all registers. However, the actor was originally not supposed to appear in the film. In fact, another actor had been hired for the rolebut had to drop out about a week before filming began, Alex Garland revealed Los Angeles Times. Luckily, Kirsten Dunst she had the good idea to raise her husband Jesse Plemons to replace him.
I was on the street when I got the call (that it was going to fall) and I thought, “Oh shit. Now we’re in trouble.” So I went to rehearsal and said, “Bad news, guys, so-and-so can’t do it.” And Kirsten was like, “What should you ask Jesse.” And I thought, “Oh, that would be great.”
Apparently the actor was not far from the filming location and was available. He was therefore able to take on this role in a short time and did not do things by halves. Cailee Spaeny explained that Alex Garland made sure to hide the technical crews as much as possible so that the actors were in total immersion. And in the first part of the scene, the actress remains almost alone for a moment with Jesse Plemons’ character, who turns out to be scary for her the situation seemed so real.
It was very scary for me. I was there with Jesse for about half a day, and he was completely in character, putting pressure on me and improvising the whole scene. That’s why when we got to the end of the scene we were all a little confused.
Civil war is currently in theaters.
Source: Cine Serie
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