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Filmmaker Ari Aster is known for his brand of horror films such asHereditaryandMidsommar. The filmmaker’s unique style has garnered him a loyal fanbase from only three films in his filmography. He has worked with renowned actors such as Toni Collette, Florence Pugh, Joaquin Phoenix, Gabriel Byrne, and more.
Aster will be helming his next filmEddingtonwhich sees him reunite with Phoenix and also stars Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, and Austin Butler.Yellowstonestar Luke Grimes, who also featured in the film mentioned the difference between the sets of Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western and Aster’s black comedy.
Luke Grimes Talks About Ari Aster’s Working Style OnEddington
Ari Asterbroke into the scene with the horror dramaHereditary. The A24 film starred Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, and Gabriel Byrne in lead roles and followed the story of a family who deals with the death of their child. While they grieve, they begin to be haunted by a cult that Collette’s late mother used to be a part of. The film was a critical and commercial success.
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Aster followed it up withMidsommar, which saw Florence Pugh accompany her boyfriend to Sweden to celebrate the midsummer festival. The film was a success, earning over $48 million against a $9 million budget (viaBox Office Mojo). Aster’s films are known for their dark imagery, the presence of cults and rituals, as well as psychological metaphors.
According to star Luke Grimes, who will be seen in his next Western black comedyEddington,Aster’s sets granted a lot of freedom for the actors. Grimes, who stars in Taylor Sheridan’sYellowstone, compared the two sets and contrasted Sheridan’s rigidity to Aster’s freedom. He said in an interview withThe Independent,
With a Taylor script, that’s what it’s gonna be. Whereas with the Ari movie, his projects are such a living organism. Clearly, he’s got the whole movie edited shot by shot in his head, but within the scenes he allows the actors to find things for themselves and I think that’s why his movies are so interesting. They’re like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
Sheridan reportedly has an ironclad rule on his set to stick to the dialogues. The showrunner has written most of the episodes of the series, which is untraditional for the TV industry.
Luke Grimes Comments On The Taylor Sheridan-Kevin Costner Feud
Luke Grimeshad his breakthrough with the Clint Eastwood directorialAmerican Sniper. However, he was propelled to stardom when he starred as Kayce Dutton in the Paramount+ showYellowstone. TheTaylor Sheridan-created Western sees Grimes play the youngest son of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton, the patriarch of the Yellowstone ranch in the show.
The series will be ending its run with the second part of Season 5 set to air in November of this year. The show seems to be going out on an ugly note as Costner and Sheridan feud over making time for the neo-Western. While Costner is accused of prioritizing his filmHorizon: An American Sagaand giving only a few days for the show, theDances with Wolvesstar said otherwise (viaTHR).
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Grimes, who is still part ofYellowstonespoke about the unfortunate circumstances of the exit and said that he understood the actor’s priorities. He said to The Independent,
Whatever happened there is unfortunate if it’s changed anything about how the show was going to unfold. I know, [Costner] got busy with his movies that were like passion projects. At a certain point, you gotta do what you gotta do, man; you gotta do what you love.
The show was delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike and finally picked back up after it ended.
Yellowstoneis streaming on Paramount+.
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
