What does Zack Snyder have against chairs? We covered a similar story almost a year ago, so this may feel like deja vu. It turns out, Zack Snyder has taken a page from the Chris Nolan handbook and banned chairs from his set. Snyder appeared on The Playlist’s Fourth Wall podcast and said, “There’s no sitting down, like, I banned chairs from the set. But the nice thing is, it’s really intimate. I can just talk to the actors right there, I’m not back in a monitor across the room. It was definitely the most purely engaged I’ve been making a movie.” I like that this is a strategy that seems to make sense for him as a director, and while no one pressed him on who was allowed to sit, this did seem more self-imposed than anything. So it looks like Snyder is keeping the chairs away. He wants to keep his energy up and walk and talk with the cast and also not to be too far away. That makes sense in theory. As long as workers and people on break are allowed to rest, and actors have somewhere to go between setups, I doubt it's a big deal. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 20 May, 2021