"He's a filmmaker, not just an actor"
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elijah_findsFranck Khalfoun, the director of "Maniac" made some very interesting remarks about Elijah in this interview (link) :
Khalfoun: (talking about the POV approach) ".... And Elijah Wood was fabulous because he was there all the time and he really became the camera. He'd guide us in a lot of the movement and I wanted Elijah's character and Elijah's creativity to impact the camera as well. It was an interesting experiment."
Interviewer: "That's cool to hear, I had wondered how much of the filming he was around for since he's off-camera so much."
Khalfoun: "Yeah, and to his credit he didn't have to come. He was scheduled for not even half of the shoots and he came every day, regardless. He understood that his performance was going to be reflected off the other actors, so it's smart not to have somebody else deliver the lines. A lot of things he said got reactions out of the other actors and it was important to the film. He's a filmmaker, not just an actor."
Khalfoun: (talking about the POV approach) ".... And Elijah Wood was fabulous because he was there all the time and he really became the camera. He'd guide us in a lot of the movement and I wanted Elijah's character and Elijah's creativity to impact the camera as well. It was an interesting experiment."
Interviewer: "That's cool to hear, I had wondered how much of the filming he was around for since he's off-camera so much."
Khalfoun: "Yeah, and to his credit he didn't have to come. He was scheduled for not even half of the shoots and he came every day, regardless. He understood that his performance was going to be reflected off the other actors, so it's smart not to have somebody else deliver the lines. A lot of things he said got reactions out of the other actors and it was important to the film. He's a filmmaker, not just an actor."