When the cast of the Big Short spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about making the film, based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling book, Ryan Gosling revealed a fun tidbit about director Adam McKay.
“Adam will only talk to you if you bring a bag of hamburgers and you go to a graveyard,” said Gosling.
McKay said the story sounds crazier than it actually is.
“When you’re on the set, there’s a crew around you,” McKay explained. “And I want to have time with the actor. I want somewhere that’s quiet. And usually we’re hungry.”
The director said he came up with a creative solution to share notes with his actors.
“So I get a sack full of hamburgers and I’ll look for a graveyard,” he said. “We go and we sit there in a rainy graveyard for two hours, just talk about acting. [In New Orleans,] there are graveyards everywhere.”
The director said that once, he took Christian Bale into a boiler room for three hours and “screamed at him, mostly in German.”
Bale said the talk “really helped.” He said, “I got it.”
