Michael B. Jordan

And in a weird way, it's still the same thing I'm trying to do with actors.

Have them do something risky and see if they land on their feet.

What does that look like?

Is that happening in a rehearsal process?

It's interesting if you watch the film, because you're also watching a director who's coaxing an actor at the time.

Is that reflective of your experience working with those actors there?

So just to be clear, Stellan Skarsgård, who in real life is a really nice and kind man,

a bit of an asshole director, a bit of a difficult father character.

So I'm trying not to be him when I'm directing.

But he's also a good director in the film.

But no, the process of that performance thing is, I guess, first of all, cast right.

Find people you trust.

Then give them an opportunity to do their thing and give them some rehearsal time to get to know each other and be safe.

And it's all about trust to me.

That's what it's about.

What's the set like for you?

Is it an intimate set, similar to the ones that we saw in the film?

Yeah, it is.

It's a mixed energy.

When the actors are present, we try to make it really soft and, you know, for them, for their individual needs.