Interview: Kodi Smit-McPhee on How He Prepares for a Role and His New Film, ‘2067’
Kodi Smit-McPhee talks about the film, a bad audition and how his father taught him how to break down each role he plays.
Kodi Smit-McPhee talks about the film, a bad audition and how his father taught him how to break down each role he plays.
“I’m doing so much research definitely — on Alan Cumming’s take, on the comic books, on even the cartoons.” – Kodi Smit-McPhee on character research for X-Men’s Nightcrawler
Imagine if your father died when you were young. That event alone would transform your whole life, even more so your teen years. That’s the thrust of the story of writer/director Michael Johnson’s debut film, All the Wilderness. It’s a coming of age story about a kid named, James (Kodi
Writer/Director Jake Paltrow must be a huge fan of The Road Warrior because his new film, Young Ones, is a watered down version of George Miller’s classic film. The film is set in the near future where water is the most treasured resource you can have. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon)
Rob: “I’ll always remember getting that email from the casting director saying it’s looking good, dates permitting, with Sir Ben”
A movie about four 15-year old high school students searching for an extinct duck just became one of my (so far) favorite movies of the year. A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a delightfully charming (and sometimes sad) story of David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a young bird watcher. I mean
Kodi on seeing his animated character: “When I saw it, it was just… it blew my mind almost”
Kodi Smit-McPhee is wonderful as Norman and as his exasperated sister, Anna Kendrick can do an animated ‘sigh’ better than anyone.