Emma Stone slapped Willem Dafoe 20 times on the shooting of the new film - At her request

The actor endured the pain to make the scene more real.


Forget special effects, camera tips and stand -over - when one of the Willem Dafoe's The characters are slapped in a film, he is ready to endure the pain himself. The 67 -year -old actor was recently profiled The New York Times ' T Magazine, including one of her upcoming projects, the film And , co-star Emma Stone . The interview reveals that for the film, Stone slapped Dafoe 20 times, even if it was not strictly necessary for the scene.

Read the rest to see what Stone and the director of the film, Yorgos Lanthimos ( The favourite ), shared to work with Dafoe and why he insisted to be struck for real.

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Dafoe was on the set even when he didn't need to be.

Willem Dafoe at the premiere of
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Pierre and Lanthimos shared with T magazine That Dafoe was in the film set, even when he was not required to be. His co-star said that she heard the assistant directors talking about the 67-year-old actor "motivating himself to put himself", which meant that he presented himself if he was called or not.

"This is what you want from actors," said Lanthimos. "To be part of any way."

Grifling it was part of his commitment.

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone at the 2018 Governors Awards
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The details of the intrigue of And have not yet been revealed, but at some point, Stone's characters slapped those of Dafoe. The real contact of the slap occurred out of screen, which means that Stone could have played the moment without its co-star. But, the actor wanted to be physically present and feel the slap, so that the scene was more realistic. With all the sockets they made, Stone ended up slapping him 20 times.

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Stone described the style of Dafoe actor.

Emma Stone at the 2022 Academy Museum Gala
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And is the second film on which Dafoe, Stone and Lanthimos are all working together. The two actors also play in the next film of the Greek director Poor things, which is based on the novel of the same name by Gray Allasdair . This film talks about a woman in Victorian times, which is brought back to life by a scientist. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"There is this instinct to do that many actors have-" Look at me, look at me! Sort of interpreter. He is the opposite of this, "said Stone about his co-star. "Maybe that has changed over the years. Many actors with whom I have been doing it for a long time, and you know that they have gone from" I "to" we ".

Dafoe has made its own stunts in the past.

Willem Dafoe at the premiere of
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Grifler is not exactly a blow as much as something to endure, but Dafoe also did a more typical cascade job. For the film 2021 Spider-Man: No time at home , Dafoe returned to playing the green goblin - a character he described for the first time in 2002 Spider Man- and he made his own waterfalls .

"It's fun to do the action sequences, it's fun to have resources," said the actor GQ British . "I make a lot of low -budget movies. So it's good to have all the technical things with which to work with." He continued to do waterfalls: "It's really fun to do these things because they are pure. They are pure because what you do is what you do. And your heart and your mind follow."


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