The story of a workaholic who must learn to live without work, without clocks, and without people – Chuck’s sole companion on the island is a volleyball named Wilson – this $90 million budget turn-of-the-millennium release looks fantastic while only scratching the surface in its exploration of the ever-elusive Meaning of Life. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.Most people will see Robert Zemeckis’ 2000 hit movie Cast Away as a celebration of the Triumph of the Human Spirit.Ī (however small) minority, this reviewer included, will prefer the more mundane explanation that this adventure/psychological drama merely depicts a man following his survival instincts, which propel him – like any other animal, from cockroaches to crocodiles – to fight to remain alive almost against his will.īut whichever way one perceives the survival of Tom Hanks’ Federal Express engineer Chuck Noland ( No-land, get it?) after being stranded for years on a small, deserted Pacific island (mostly shot in Monuriki, Fiji), one thing is obvious for all to see: Cast Away is little more than an elaborate, crowd-pleasing star vehicle disguised as an existential drama that borrows heavily from both Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and Alfred Tennyson’s 1864 poem “Enoch Arden.” A volleyball named Wilson There’s not enough time for me to watch every take, so therefore I’m kind of directing with my eyes closed a little bit.” He added, “I don’t know if I can direct more of this show because I’m not able to watch enough, just from a purely practical standpoint. I had no time for life for about four weeks.” But I think it’s maybe being a bit much, being Joe and directing. I really enjoyed it,” Badgley said of direcitng. “Because of the role and I’ve been doing it for a while, I am very rooted in it. In some ways, it’s this bizarre kind of fantastical, bingeable thing, like ‘Gossip Girl.’ At the same time it’s, like, Ugh! It’s horrifying!”īadgley revealed to IndieWire that he is looking to write and direct a feature film next, having optioned the rights to David Sedaris’ short story “Jamboree.” The “Easy A” alum makes his directorial debut with Episode 9 of “You” Season 4, debuting March 9. This is the whole strangeness of the show. He’s the blindness that privilege entails. But now he has blood dripping down his face,” Badgley previously told The New Yorker. Now, Badgley compares the arc of prodigy writer Dan Humphrey to his iconic turn of Joe Goldberg in Netflix’s “You,” proving that Badgley did ultimately break bad in a different way. I was like, ‘This guy is going to steal it from me.'” “Right when he walked in, I was like, ‘Oh my God, that guy looks like a meth addict,'” Paul recalled to Entertainment Weekly. The Best Romance Movies of the 21st Century, from 'High Fidelity' to 'Carol'Ģ2 Great Erotic Thrillers, from Adrian Lyne to Brian De PalmaĮven “Breaking Bad” actor Paul said that Badgley looked the part immediately in the audition. Movies and TV Need More Sex, Not Less - Opinion 'You' Season 4 Part 2 Trailer: Joe Makes a Dangerous Friend “He would have been kind of a different choice, but right around the time ‘Gossip Girl’ was getting cast, he screen-tested but Aaron Paul got it instead.” He didn’t even test for ‘Gossip Girl’ they offered it to him - but I remember him telling me he screen-tested for Jesse,” Crawford told The Independent. “If you want an interesting story, Penn screen-tested for Jesse. Badgley’s “Gossip Girl” co-star Chace Crawford revealed in 2019 that Badgley was up for both parts of Jesse Pinkman and Dan Humphrey simultaneously. That was the one that got away.”ĪMC drama “Breaking Bad” premiered in 2008, just a few months after Badgley’s breakout turn in “Gossip Girl” debuted in 2007. And actually that was the best television script I’d read, at that point. “One I got so close on was ‘Breaking Bad.’ It was between me and Aaron Paul,” Badgley told Buzzfeed. The “You” star admitted that the role of Jesse Pinkman on “ Breaking Bad” is the ultimate “one that got away” in terms of roles.
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