Christian Baleis on the case.
Bale, also a producer here,recently toldVanity Fairof the movie, “Every character in the story has secrets. And while Poe seems to be the one who is clearly putting on a performance, he is actually the most sincere. Everyone else is more quietly putting on a performance, but no one is who they are pretending to be.”
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Cooper toldVanity Fairabout working with Duvall, 91, on the movie, calling him a “second father.”
“He’s been a mentor of mine for a long time. He producedCrazy Heart.We’ve acted in a couple of movies together. I was married at his estate in Virginia,” said the director. “He’s like a second father to me, and he has interest in what it is that I’m writing. He knows that Christian is my closest pal. Of course, they’ve worked together. He asked to read it, and said, ‘I would love to play this part.’ And I said, ‘The part is yours.’ "
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The filmmaker also explained how Poe factors into the story.
“Poe was so fascinated with the occult and the satanic. He spent so much time outside and his mind would race and would take him to places that were quite dark, even when he was younger, with a warmer disposition that masked this desire and necessity for darkness,” said Cooper. “He left us as the godfather of detective and horror fiction.”
The Pale Blue Eyeis in select theaters Dec. 23 and on Netflix Jan. 6.
source: people.com
