Director Elliott Lester discusses his Western The Thicket.
The Big Picture Director Elliott Lester has worked with the biggest pop stars on the face of the planet, directing music videos for Selena Gomez, Avril Lavigne, The Fray, to name only a few. He’s brought us thrilling Jason Statham action in Blitz, helmed Nightingale, an Emmy-nominated psycho-drama starring David Oyelowo, and even coaxed a tender performance from Arnold Schwazenneger in Aftermath.
COLLIDER: If someone's never seen anything you've directed before, what's the first thing you want them watching and why? You also have a very cool opening shot. I was not expecting to have a motorcycle open the movie. What was it about having that shot open the film? It's beautiful to look at because you're out in the wilderness making a movie. It's very impressive to watch. Were you nervous at any point– and I'm being serious when I say this– that one of the actors might say “this is too much on me.”
We did this wonderful Zoom call with him, and he was like, “I've always wanted to play in a dark Western.” And I was like, “OK!” He showed up in Calgary. He was there, and it was wild. He came in, he did the table read. We had a really good rapport. I don't know a lot of Metallica songs, but the one song I did know was “Enter the Sandman,” and I sang it to him. He said, “Well, I know that song.” I said, “Yeah, but you've never heard it sang this badly.” He was fantastic to work with.
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