Yesterday at a New York press conference for the indie film “Gigantic,” actor Paul Dano revealed a bit of new info on the hotly anticipated Spike Jonze helmed/Dave Eggers penned adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic “Where the Wild Things Are.” Dano, who plays a frolicking Wild Thing goat named Alexander, talked a little bit about the movie saying that “Spike Jonze is the perfect guy for this movie…he’s got a childlike imagination.” On the rehearsal process (which was rumored to be awesome), he said the group spent some time working on a soundstage because “that’s what acting is and if you just go into a recording studio it’s all putting out and there’s nothing to take in.” Lastly, Dano says that he “feels quite good about how [the film] represents the book. It’s a children’s film about childhood that’s not just for one audience.” So there’s just a few more reasons to hibernate until October.
We’re also happy because Dano’s name so far is not on any of the trailer or poster credits for ‘Wild Things’ so we were worried he might not be in the film anymore. Maybe he just didn’t get top billing and the role in the script is rather small.
At the same event, director Matt Aselton revealed that he and “Gigantic” co-writer Adam Nagata have finished a new screenplay that is a comedy in the same fashion as his debut. We’ll have to keep an eye out for that one.
Even though Dano is a relative newcomer, he’s turning out to be a great actor so far.