Edward Norton He’s currently garnering all kinds of accolades for his supporting role Completely anonymous – To photograph it Pete Seeger in Bob Dylan He’s been nominated for a Golden Globe, been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award, a SAG Award and will likely be nominated for an Academy Award – but while recording… Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards talks This week’s podcast, he was happy to spend some time praising another competitor with longer odds: trainee.
In the context of discussing how the 1999 film Fight clubin which Norton played the title role, was not well-received upon its release – in fact, it was booed at its Venice Film Festival premiere and flopped at the box office – but has since come to be considered a classic, Norton volunteered: “I’ve seen… traineeI can’t say enough good about this movie.
“He explained”[Director] Ali Al-Abbasi I already thought it was [fantastic]. I think [Abbasi’s 2018 film] border It is one of the underappreciated masterpieces of the last ten years. It’s an absolute masterpiece, this movie. I wondered, “What’s this guy going to do next?” The answer was in 2022. Holy spiderAnd then, in 2024, Donald Trump “origin story” traineewhich explores the relationship between Trump (Sebastian Stan) and his conspiratorial mentor Roy Cohen (Jeremy Strong).
“trainee “It’s not discussed enough,” Norton said. “This is a brilliantly directed film, and these two performances are completely off the hook. Sebastian Stan? This is a very challenging and impressive performance. And Jeremy is equally exciting. Because they actually make you care. You actually sympathize with Donald Trump and Roy Cohn; you really sympathize with them!” You really feel the human roots of the thing.
Norton said he immediately expressed his admiration for the actors, and that they admitted to him their disappointment at not seeing it more widely. “And I said to these guys, I was saying, ‘I can tell you it’s taking a while, but I’m already starting to hear, from one director to the next, people saying, ‘Have you seen this movie?’ It’s so cool! And the word starts creeping out.”
