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Alex Garland & Producer Andrew Macdonald On The Viral ‘Ex Machina’ Dance Scene And Almost Casting Jake Gyllenhaal As The Film’s Lead: “It Was Never Gonna Work” — Edinburgh
Alex Garland and his producer Andrew Macdonald also spoke about almost casting Jake Gyllenhaal in the film.
Jake Gyllenhaal almost landed in one of the lead roles in Alex Garland ’s Oscar-winning debut feature Ex Machina after the filmmaker and his longtime producer, Andrew Macdonald, were pushed to consider the actor to secure financing. “The sales companies wanted us to cast Jake Gyllenhaal because he was bankable and they could sell foreign territories,” Macdonald said yesterday afternoon during a Q&A alongside Garland at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival. In the scene, Oscar Isaac’s mad billionaire Nathan breaks out into a spontaneous dance with his mute, human android played by Sonoya Mizuno.
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