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From Their Mouths to God’s Ears: Seven Directors Who Brought Out the Best in Willem Dafoe
'Poor Things' actor Willem Dafoe explains how half a dozen filmmakers steered him toward his most memorable roles.
In “Poor Things,” Willem Dafoe plays God, bringing his devilish grin to the role of an ethically unbound surgeon who grafts body parts from one creature onto another, blending ducks and geese with dogs and goats — and, in the case of Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter, implanting a spare brain in the corpse of a drowned woman. Image Credit: Kino Lorber Dafoe lists Pier Paolo Pasolini among the directors for whom he wishes he could have worked — though he did get to play the Italian auteur in Ferrara’s 2014 biopic. “All his work made it possible for me to be the best hotel manager I could be.” Baker’s sister, who goes by Stephonik, served as the production designer on that film, as well as “Gonzo Girl,” where she surrounded Dafoe with details that aided his performance as a Hunter S. Thompson-type writer.
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