![]() Three months prior to shooting, Ford asked Taylor-Johnson to lose weight (for a sleeker, less bulked look) and to refrain from cutting his hair or beard - or fingernails. And this night he's looking for trouble." Those were his Friday night going-out boots. It said a lot about Ray's ego and his arrogance. "Ray is wearing green cowboy boots," Taylor-Johnson says, "and that was an odd choice, but Tom liked the idea. His role as the sleazy/seductive Ray Marcus in Nocturnal Animals, the actor admits, is the darkest part he's ever taken on.įord, who gained worldwide fame as the creative director of Gucci and now his own billion-dollar self-named brand, worked with Taylor-Johnson on his characters personal style. His breakout performance was as the teenage John Lennon in Nowhere Boy (2009), but Taylor-Johnson is the veteran of more than 20 movies including hero and superhero characters in Kick-Ass, Godzilla, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. His feathery British accent might come as a surprise to audiences that have believed - because of his facility with American accents - that he's from the States. Though sporting a long beard and the shoulders of a quarterback, Taylor-Johnson is warm, soft-spoken, even a bit shy, in person. "Whatever I was talking about with Tom at dinner that night," Taylor-Johnson says with a smile, "I don't know how he connected that to 'psychopath,' but I'm pretty happy he did." In the clip above, you can see Ray in action during the movie's most intense scenes - indeed, one of the year's most intense. ![]() Taylor-Johnson plays Ray, the leader of that gang. In the book, which becomes it's own interior narrative in the movie, an innocent man (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his family are terrorized by dangerous thugs on a Texas highway. Nocturnal Animals is about an art gallery owner (Amy Adams) who reads a novel that's written by her ex-husband. And I thought, 'Oh my god, he would be so perfect as the villain." "And on this particular night when we were having dinner, Aaron was telling a story and I can't even remember what it was about because I was looking at him and thinking."įord rubs his chin to recreate his deep contemplation from that evening. "I've known Sam for years and she's a dear friend of mine," Ford tells EW. Trying to look within herself and beyond the glossy surface of her life, Susan increasingly interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and re- awakens a love that she feared was lost-as the story builds to a reckoning that will define both the novel’s hero and her own.While preparing Nocturnal Animals, his second film as a director, Tom Ford was having dinner one night with the photographer and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson and her husband, Aaron. While Susan reads, she is deeply moved by Edward’s writing and cannot help but reminisce over the most private moments from her own love story with the author. The novel is dedicated to her…but its content is violent and devastating. Alone at night, in bed, Susan begins reading. ![]() Edward’s note accompanying the manuscript encourages Susan to read the work and then to contact him during his visit to the city. It is a novel, Nocturnal Animals, written by her ex-husband Edward Sheffield, with whom she has had no contact for years. One weekend, as Hutton departs on a business trip, Susan receives an unsolicited package left for her in her mailbox. Susan Morrow, a Los Angeles art dealer, lives a privileged yet unfulfilled life with her husband Hutton Morrow. NOCTURNAL ANIMALS. From writer/director Tom Ford comes a haunting romantic thriller that explores the thin lines between love and cruelty, and revenge and redemption. To listen to the interview, click on the ► icon on the right, just above the picture PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews actors Amy Adams and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who talk about their new film Nocturnal Animals from the 73rd Venice Film Festival. ![]()
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