Sean Stone

Well, I mean, that's...

different ways of feeling in the world you know i would just put it like this is the director is almost like uh the chess player right they're looking they have to feel but they have to be strategically looking at everything the actors immersing themselves into feelings and moods that uh sometimes are maddening um you know i did the behind the scenes on alexander uh that was my first foray into filmmaking was doing documentaries back when the dvds had the behind the scene extras you know and they would have the featurettes about the making of or

different ways of feeling in the world you know i would just put it like this is the director is almost like uh the chess player right they're looking they have to feel but they have to be strategically looking at everything the actors immersing themselves into feelings and moods that uh sometimes are maddening um you know i did the behind the scenes on alexander uh that was my first foray into filmmaking was doing documentaries back when the dvds had the behind the scene extras you know and they would have the featurettes about the making of or

On W, we did the same thing. On Nixon, we did this real story. On Alexander, I shot Fight Against Time, a feature-length documentary. I got some really good access to be able to see, not fully the conversations, but to see a little bit of the dynamic. It's like Colin Farrell was going through deep moods and experiences and madness at some points, actually.

On W, we did the same thing. On Nixon, we did this real story. On Alexander, I shot Fight Against Time, a feature-length documentary. I got some really good access to be able to see, not fully the conversations, but to see a little bit of the dynamic. It's like Colin Farrell was going through deep moods and experiences and madness at some points, actually.

Yeah, it's it's in this it's in the documentary. And you'll see like, you know, how it's like there's there are points where you start to wonder, is this guy gonna, you know, end up like James Dean? Is he gonna kill himself? Because it's he's so passionate and erratic. And, you know, he was he was a drinker at the time. And, you know, he's Irish.

Yeah, it's it's in this it's in the documentary. And you'll see like, you know, how it's like there's there are points where you start to wonder, is this guy gonna, you know, end up like James Dean? Is he gonna kill himself? Because it's he's so passionate and erratic. And, you know, he was he was a drinker at the time. And, you know, he's Irish.

And it was like, it was a little bit of it was testing his, you know, his nerves to say, OK, can you pull this off without going over the edge? Right. And I think that's that's the issue is always, you know, you pulling out a performance from an actor. It's like pushing them to a place that's uncomfortable. And that goes to the question of the conflict that sometimes occurs is that he's pushing.

And it was like, it was a little bit of it was testing his, you know, his nerves to say, OK, can you pull this off without going over the edge? Right. And I think that's that's the issue is always, you know, you pulling out a performance from an actor. It's like pushing them to a place that's uncomfortable. And that goes to the question of the conflict that sometimes occurs is that he's pushing.

He knows how to push buttons. There's a very famous story of telling Michael Douglas on the first day of Wall Street or second day of Wall Street. You know, I saw the was dailies from yesterday. What are you, like, you know, a TV actor? You know, like he'll say stuff like that to provoke, right? With a straight look or with a smile? No, it's totally straight. I think Douglas was shocked. No?

He knows how to push buttons. There's a very famous story of telling Michael Douglas on the first day of Wall Street or second day of Wall Street. You know, I saw the was dailies from yesterday. What are you, like, you know, a TV actor? You know, like he'll say stuff like that to provoke, right? With a straight look or with a smile? No, it's totally straight. I think Douglas was shocked. No?

No, no Daryl Hannah, no Sean Young. Charlie just does a cameo.

No, no Daryl Hannah, no Sean Young. Charlie just does a cameo.

I was just upset they killed my character. Gordon Gekko's son was killed off. And he had a daughter. They replaced the son with a daughter. You were in it? No, so I was Gordon Gekko's son in the original. That's right, that's right, yeah. And the son is supposed to have killed himself in the original Wall Street.

I was just upset they killed my character. Gordon Gekko's son was killed off. And he had a daughter. They replaced the son with a daughter. You were in it? No, so I was Gordon Gekko's son in the original. That's right, that's right, yeah. And the son is supposed to have killed himself in the original Wall Street.

Not a cameo like... They had flashbacks to the original. They had moments where you see him in the original.

Not a cameo like... They had flashbacks to the original. They had moments where you see him in the original.

It was really an escape for you at that point.

It was really an escape for you at that point.

Well, in the 80s, I mean, the 80s, to me, I still go back to. If I just feel like, you know what? I just want something fun. I love the 80s as a decade, right? Because they started to mix genres in a way where it's comedy, it's adventure, right? It's sci-fi. They get back to the future, right? What genre is that? It's almost a perfect film. But like you said, it's not going to win Best Picture.