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 T.J. Miller
Interview By: Michael Dance A dramatic action-packed monster movie might seem like a strange first film for a burgeoning comedian, but tell that to T.J. Miller. Besides, he seems just as surprised as anyone that he’s the central character in the J.J. Abrams-produced Cloverfield - well, as central as you can get when you’re barely on screen. The film purports itself to be footage found after a massive monster attack on Manhattan – and Miller’s character, Hud, is the guy holding the camera. “It was really strange,” Miller says. “When I found out I wasn’t going to be on camera, it was kind of jarring. When I first saw that in the script I was like, well, how am I going to make any impact, how is anybody going to relate to this character. It’s going to be a forgettable character in the film. But I don’t think that happened. I think he’s as much a part of this as anybody else even though you don’t see him.” In many ways, it’s a voice-over role – we hear Hud almost constantly despite never seeing him. “I actually tried a lot to get myself in front of the camera, because I wanted the audience to relate to me and know who I was,” Miller says. “But I found out, finally seeing it, that J.J. and Matt [Reeves, the director] were correct in keeping me to a minimum of screen time, because it’s like the audience sort of fuses with Hud, and every time the camera turns around and you seem him, you’re like, oh, we forgot somebody else is shooting this and not us.” Still, it must be a bit of a double-edged sword to get cast in a blockbuster and then barely show your face. “I like that, so people would be able to get in line and mesh with this character. And,” he adds casually, “also, you know, so I won’t become famous from this at all. I’ll never get another job.” While it appears seamless in the final product, some people might be surprised to realize that Miller was not actually holding the camera for the majority of the time – a cameraman was. Filmmakers, however, might be surprised to learn that he was still actually holding it quite a bit. “I shot a lot of the movie,” Miller says. “And that was hard, to try to be funny and real in this film, while worrying about framing. “The joke that I haven’t told yet today, but I will: Matt Reeves would come over. And I’d go, you know, ‘What’d you think of that take?’ And he’d say, ‘Yeah, it’s okay, just tilt up a little bit because we need more headroom, and then right pan afterwards, and zoom out about sixteen mil.’ And I said, ‘Well, what about the acting?’ And he’d say, ‘Oh, yeah, well whatever, we just need to ... |
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