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Edward Norton on Playing a Folk Legend, and Foil to the Hero, in ‘A Complete Unknown’: ‘Pete Seeger’s Integrity Can Coexist With Dylan’s — I Love the Lack of Judgment in This Film’
Edward Norton says of 'Complete Unknown': 'Dylan's a protagonist, but Pete Seeger's integrity coexists with Bob Dylan's. I love the lack of judgment.'
Some moviegoers consider Seeger the most sympathetic character in this ensemble piece — even if he is the one with the biggest vested interest in keeping the hero from expressing himself in the loud and brash way the audience is hoping and waiting for. In this Q&A, Norton, who looms large in the awards conversation this year, talks about why he had reservations about tackling real-life material that he felt might be “too sacrosanct,” and what filmmaker James Mangold said to change his way of thinking. Many of us in the sort of Dylan aficionado world are surprised — even giving James Mangold some credit for what he’s done before — that it would be possible to make a movie that felt real about this scenario and this dynamic.
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