Niclas Larsson discusses his directorial debut starring Ewan McGregor, Ellen Burstyn, and 'Bones and All's Taylor Russell & what's up next for him.
The Big Picture Starring Ewan McGregor and The Exorcist’s Ellen Burstyn, Mother, Couch marks writer-director Niclas Larsson’s debut feature film, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. While there promoting the film, Larsson stopped by Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to speak with Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub about this unexpected journey with an unbelievable cast.
NICLAS LARSSON: [Laughs] Oh my god. Such a good question. You know what? Yes, sure. I’ll write one for you. For people that haven't seen them, something about those is you like magic realism, which is something that's a part of your work. What is it about the magic realism and that sort of thing that keeps pulling you in?
So for people that don't know much about the film, how have you been telling friends and family what it's about?[Laughs] That is actually very true. However, there's a little more to it, and I don't know how much more you want to say. I read that what happened was you gave the crew very detailed information about each scene but gave the actors none of this, so talk a little bit about why you wanted to do this. And then, when did the actors actually find out? When did you inform them of—without going into spoilers—more information about the movie and what may or may not be happening?
LARSSON: Well, first of all, I'm not going to go public with this book, so my audience will never read this book. That was a distinction I made because it's not for the audience. But for my crew, for my creative team, I think it's a necessity. Clarity is a necessity. I myself, I've been a crew member, and I've been an actor, and having a director who hides stuff from the crew, I find quite frustrating, and I think it's actually hiding your insecurities more so.
LARSSON: It was a ride, man. It was a puzzle to make sure you're not giving too much but not withholding too much because that's just frustrating to watch. There was a point in the edit, let's say four months in, where it didn't make any sense, the film.LARSSON: Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, kill myself. But I didn’t, thank god.
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