Why do well-known thesps so love working with the director?
We asked the cast ofNo Sudden Moveto clue us in.
He said, “Is that where you guys want to be standing?”
Steven Soderbergh.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
We kind of said, “Well, yeah.”
And he said, “Okay, go to lunch.”
He hadBeautiful Mind-ed the whole thing out own on the floor.
Benicio Del Toro stars in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘No Sudden Move’ first look photos.Claudette Barius/Warner Bros.
And that’s what we shot.
He’s on a different level with that stuff.
He’s figured it out.
AMY SEIMETZ:I’ve known Steven now for, god, seven, eight years.
I guess he was my boss but it didn’t ever feel like that.
[Laughs] Technically, he could have fired me at some point is basically what I’m saying.
When he asked for me to read the script I was actually surprised.
I was like, you want me to act for you now?
But I was excited about it.
FRANKIE SHAW:I too have development with Steven.
He’s very jokey and fun to collaborate with.
and he was like, ‘No, it’s going to be shot on the Samsung.’
I love film noir and it’s something that Steven Soderbergh excels at.
DUKE:In terms of working with Steven, there weren’t many takes.
[Laughs]
DUKE:Sometimes, one take.
“Did everyone say their line?”
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JON HAMM:Ed Solomon wrote an amazing script.
It’s complicated, it’s advanced, it’s adult, and it’s based on real events.
There’s so many levels that this movie connects with to look at the development of American post-war society.
That’s the exciting thing about it.
I think that’s why it resonates on so many levels.
So, yeah, I was very happy that I was asked to be a part of it.
It definitely engenders a deep dive onto Wikipedia, for sure.
So that’s fun.
The fact that it’s not spoon-fed to you is very interesting to me.
SEIMETZ:You go home early!
He respects [you], not just actors, but the crew.
He knows they have families and they’re going to go home to their families.
He just knows what he wants and he’s so efficient.
He’s as much a creature of efficiency as he is of creativity.
He might take that as a compliment.
RAY LIOTTA:I wanted to work with him just because he’s a great director.
As soon as he asked, I said yes.
With Steven, it’s like, he knows when he’s got it.
It could be one take and I’d be like, “Wait, are you sure?”
He knew when he got it.
You feel, if he says we got it, we got it, I trust him.
You know, it’s Steven Soderbergh!
It’s just really nice to work with a director who is as good as he is.
BENICIO DEL TORO:Well, he gets you home early!
You know, it’s incredible.
He’s also a master.
But, you know, he’ll get you home early.
We finished every day around 3.30, 4 o’clock.
That was pretty amazing.
He knows what he wants and he knows that story really well.
He’s very flexible to incorporate ideas if he likes them.
He’s able to collaborate also.
So he’s very flexible.
He was one of the people who wrote the protocols for the DGA.
So you felt you were in good hands.
And, like Benicio says, he gets you home early because he knows what he’s doing.
He’s not meandering.
You’re like,.
Watch the trailer forNo Sudden Moveabove.
