Before we were fortunate enough to speak to Michael Shannon about his starring role in The Iceman, a forthcoming biopic of the notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski, we had a chat with the director Ariel Vromen over the phone, to discuss the complexities about taking on such an intense and naturalistic project.
Vromen, who hails from Israel, discusses the difficulties in getting this film made, his own fascination for the subject matter, while singing the praises of his lead man, admitting that without Shannon on board there would have been a good chance this movie may have never seen the light of day.
So what first attracted you to the story of Richard Kuklinski?
I saw a documentary on HBO about him and I had an empathy for this character and I didn’t know why I felt that way, which intrigued me to go and research more and find...
Vromen, who hails from Israel, discusses the difficulties in getting this film made, his own fascination for the subject matter, while singing the praises of his lead man, admitting that without Shannon on board there would have been a good chance this movie may have never seen the light of day.
So what first attracted you to the story of Richard Kuklinski?
I saw a documentary on HBO about him and I had an empathy for this character and I didn’t know why I felt that way, which intrigued me to go and research more and find...
- 6/5/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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