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A Megalopolis Live Actor on How He Got the Fourth Wall-Breaking Gig


With zero acting ambitions and no extra cash to show for it, Alex Rose landed one of the most iconic roles in film history, almost by accident.

Set in an alternate America, the bewildering film explores the power struggle between visionary Cesar Catilina and corrupt mayor Franklyn Cicero. During its world premiere, at the Cannes Film Festival, a scene where Adam Driver, as Catalina, breaks the fourth wall in a press conference stunned audiences. Due to the film’s limited general release and the overall souring on 3D technology on a whole, it’s clear that Coppola needed to go bigger to replicate the magic of the big-screen experience he grew up with.

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