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 “It’s all about managing people and managing talent,” Favreau believes, “And in the case of this film, and in the case of the superhero genre, what they found is they do best when they hire storytellers, people who know how to work with actors and tell stories. And the special effects and that whole area and the division of the film staff is just hundreds or sometimes thousands of people working on the film, if you count all the vendors, you’re better hiring a Chris Nolan or a Sam Raimi or a Bryan Singer then a guy who comes out of commercials and action movies or music videos.” “They tried every different path,” he continues, “But the superhero genre seems to react best to small filmmakers who are doing small films because that’s was their way into Hollywood, but don’t resent the genre of a larger movie, but are actually movie geeks and embrace the genre and they love it and don’t see it as a pay day, but as a golden opportunity that they’ve been working towards. And that’s when you get The Matrix, that’s when you get X-Men, and I sort of fit that profile because of my background, because I was knocking around the festival circuit with all of those guys before any of them got into the big movies.” The film has an impressive array of talent that the 41 year-old director has assembled to work with, including Robert Downey, Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, and Jeff Bridges. Favreau stated that casting for him was a big part of making Iron Man work as a film. “For the way that I direct, casting was the most important part,” he claims, “Because I see myself, coming out of improvisation, I feel more like the coach of a team, where for me the biggest part of putting my team together is drafting the right players and signing the right talent. And then, as a good coach, I’m able to draw plays for my talent, for what I have. And in this case, we had Robert Downey, Jr. and that was my star draft pick.” “And then, the whole movie fell in around him and the tone of the film and my approach,” Jon continues, “But once I drafted Robert, I knew, just to beat the analogy, how to win the Super Bowl with him. I knew the offense and I knew what I had to do and I try to give my actors a lot of freedom within those parameters. So it’s really very much like coaching, where I sort of set them up in a way that I think they can win. And based on their talents, their each unique talents and chemistry between them and then sit back and let them do their thing and then jump in and make adjustments the things that I see fit.” Favreau also adds that his experience as an actor himself enables him to really understand the ... |
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