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Denis Villeneuve Shares His Number One Rule For A Happy Film Set: “Avoid The Arseholes” – LFF Screen Talks


The director of 'Blade Runner 2049' and 'Dune' was speaking at London Film Festival 2024.

The Canadian-French filmmaker recounted how he was approached to make the long-awaited sequel by the production team in complete secrecy, while he was in Mexico directing his hit action thriller Sicario nearly a decade ago. Throughout shooting, I was convinced someone would tap on my shoulder and say, ‘Denis, we love your accent, you’re a very sweet guy, but…’ but it was a perfect experience, and I had a taste of making films with money.” On Sicario(2015) …(Action thriller starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, following an FBI special agent enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a Mexican drug cartel)

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