"Paper man" focuses on a highly personal and extremely common emotional topic, that is, all people are looking for special friends, and then establish corresponding connections in their lives, and then change their life trajectory. This film is the first work written and directed by husband and wife filmmakers Kieran Mulroney (Kieran Mulroney) and Michele Mulroney (Michele Mulroney), both of them are actors and have With a very rich performance experience. In addition, they also devoted themselves to the next film task-the couple will work together to create a script for the sequel to " Sherlock Holmes " (Sherlock Holmes), and in their imagination, it should be Brad Pitt played the "invisible enemy" Professor Moriarty.
Perhaps it is because the emotions of husband and wife for many years have given them too much tacit understanding, so when shooting the film, the two people are groping completely based on feelings, and there is no need to have a clear division of labor. Kieran Melloni admitted: "Under normal circumstances, if one of us is in charge of the filming work, the other will guide the actors. The specific arrangement depends on the content of the filming that day. Most of the time we see who is more familiar with this set of scenes. I feel that someone is responsible for the general direction. The whole process is very smooth, and there are no disputes or contradictions." Michel added: "Although this is not as organized and disciplined as we planned at the beginning, But we found that this approach is more flexible. After all, as far as an independent production is concerned, there are many variables. We can only choose the best for us with a keen sense of touch-obviously, our method is more Flexibility, more room for maneuver."
The Maloney and his wife have been writing together as screenwriter partners many years ago, so the two of them have a lot of valuable experience in terms of division of labor and cooperation. Kieran said: "It seems that Michelle and I do something. It’s all together, not just writing. I think what we are going through together is a more complicated and difficult to explain process. Now we are about to move towards another film level. But we also discovered an interesting phenomenon, that It is the work done by two people together. It always seems to be exceptionally smooth. As long as we sit next to each other, although we may be busy with the things at hand, we feel at ease in such an atmosphere. Actually To a greater extent, Michelle and I are more like family and partners who can rely on each other. Although we are in a constantly changing world, we at least have each other." Michelle thought: "We have to Trying to make the process of working together interesting, we don’t want to set too many rules for ourselves, this will only drive each other crazy."
For his first film attempt, it was possible to gather such a strong and eye-catching cast lineup. The Merlonies felt a kind of blessed luck here. Michelle said: "Just For some of the characters in "Paper man", we held a wide range of auditions, especially Abby. After we met hundreds of girls of this age, we finally witnessed Emma Jean Stone (Emma Stone). The attraction of magical power is determined. There is also Kieran Culkin (Kieran Culkin), who has shown great interest in this story since we started writing the script, so we created it specifically for him Got a very interesting role.” Kieran also admitted: “In fact, Culkin learned about our movie plan through a certain channel a long time ago, and then he took the initiative to meet with us, which was 6 years ago. What happened, he also looks much younger than now. When we finally decided to put this film on the agenda, at the beginning, we thought that the original role might not be suitable for the current Culkin, so we found Many young boys auditioned, but what we didn’t expect was that Culkin came to the door again, and we also felt that since it was tailored for him, then it should indeed be'return to the original owner'——Culkin this The person is really cute, not much different from what we remember. The most important thing is that he gave this film a great enthusiasm."
For his first film attempt, it was possible to gather such a strong and eye-catching cast lineup. The Merlonies felt a kind of blessed luck here. Michelle said: "Just For some of the characters in "Paper man", we held a wide range of auditions, especially Abby. After we met hundreds of girls of this age, we finally witnessed Emma Jean Stone (Emma Stone). The attraction of magical power is determined. There is also Kieran Culkin (Kieran Culkin), who has shown great interest in this story since we started writing the script, so we created it specifically for him Got a very interesting role.” Kieran also admitted: “In fact, Culkin learned about our movie plan through a certain channel a long time ago, and then he took the initiative to meet with us, which was 6 years ago. What happened, he also looks much younger than now. When we finally decided to put this film on the agenda, at the beginning, we thought that the original role might not be suitable for the current Culkin, so we found Many young boys auditioned, but what we didn’t expect was that Culkin came to the door again, and we also felt that since it was tailored for him, then it should indeed be'return to the original owner'——Culkin this The person is really cute, not much different from what we remember. The most important thing is that he gave this film a great enthusiasm."
Find new life from failure and despair
In addition to Keenan Culkin, another actor, Ryan Rodney Reynolds (Ryan Reynolds), also decided to join almost 3 years ago, and has been following the film, experiencing ups and downs together. Michelle Maloney said: "What we have to solve is the common problem that the independent field needs to face, that is, to find funding for shooting. It is no exaggeration to say that the feeling is really like a roller coaster, and the gap is too big. From start to finish, Reynolds It is like a kind and loyal friend who will never leave us. In fact, he has many opportunities to make decisions, and the initiative to go or stay is entirely in his hands, but he chooses to stand on the same side as us. On the front, we really want to express our sincere gratitude to him." Kieran went on to say: "During this repeated process, Reynolds's agent has developed some unpleasant emotions, and even expressed to us in the middle. Great indignation, we all understand this, because Reynolds gave up many larger-scale performance opportunities for this, just to give us enough free time for our film. After all, he is now a hot first-line niche— -But Reynolds said it was his own choice, and he really moved us."
As for the identification with Jeff Daniels (Jeff Daniels), it originated from the mutual love and admiration of the actor and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Maloney. Michel recalled: "We met in another film we participated in before. Daniels’s, and also talked to him about some other things in detail, and gradually got to know him a little bit during the contact. Then as "Paper Man" was finally ready and got permission to shoot, we found Daniels, and he happily joined us. Kieran and I have always thought that he is the perfect candidate to play Richard, and he is also a writer in real life, it is easy to put This character is connected with his personal life. Then, the arrival of Lisa Kudrow made us even more ecstatic. We had lunch together, and Kiran and I at least kicked each other under the table. It’s been 10 seconds.” Kieran added with a smile: “It’s actually Michelle who has been kicking me. She is a loyal fan of Kudrow, and it’s been since Friends. In fact, Before that, we had selected multiple actors for this role, but from the moment I saw Kudrow, coupled with Michelle’s excited reaction, I knew that this matter should be finalized, because what we got was Such a suitable opportunity." The
Maloneys felt very lucky because they realized that they had gathered a strong cast that could satisfy all the imagination of a filmmaker. Michele said: "The most impressive What’s incredible is that they all started cooperation with a kind of respect for each other. What they created together is a great environment and atmosphere, so beautiful that people can’t even believe that all of this is true. , Kieran and I feel that our luck is too good." Kieran added: "I even have a bad feeling, afraid that all this will use up our good luck. What should I do in the future? What to do? You know that it’s impossible for a person to be smooth sailing forever. I think they are very generous and generous, willing to work with us as directors for the first time, and become an integral part of the team. They are in the process We sincerely admire the elegance and tolerance shown."
In fact, it was from their failure that the Maloneys got the inspiration to create such a story. Michel said: "It's really the kind of complete despair and failure that almost knocked us down. in the screenwriter Kieran and I lost our way at the same time in the realm of ‘s. We don’t know what we want and where we should get it. We can’t even be sure whether we should continue, even though we think it’s okay. But few people came to us to write things. We felt overwhelming frustration and frustration. Then we stayed away from the film industry for a few years. Some people even thought that we were completely eliminated. In fact, we just wanted to give Just make a precipitation by yourself. At the very least, you should understand what you want. It is during this period of time that we wrote some things. "Paper man" is one of them. The concept of the story comes from us. The most true feeling is that Kiran and I are already middle-aged, and we are the kind of people who live by creativity and imagination. Although we really like what we are doing, we can’t help but have some doubts. : Are we really suitable for continuing to develop in this field? Is this really a lifelong career worthy of a lot of time for you to try? Are we a little too naive? And our friends are also facing a big Pile of "adult" issues, such as having children, divorce or marriage, when we receive these messages and feed them back, they become the stories told in "Paper Man"."
As for the identification with Jeff Daniels (Jeff Daniels), it originated from the mutual love and admiration of the actor and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Maloney. Michel recalled: "We met in another film we participated in before. Daniels’s, and also talked to him about some other things in detail, and gradually got to know him a little bit during the contact. Then as "Paper Man" was finally ready and got permission to shoot, we found Daniels, and he happily joined us. Kieran and I have always thought that he is the perfect candidate to play Richard, and he is also a writer in real life, it is easy to put This character is connected with his personal life. Then, the arrival of Lisa Kudrow made us even more ecstatic. We had lunch together, and Kiran and I at least kicked each other under the table. It’s been 10 seconds.” Kieran added with a smile: “It’s actually Michelle who has been kicking me. She is a loyal fan of Kudrow, and it’s been since Friends. In fact, Before that, we had selected multiple actors for this role, but from the moment I saw Kudrow, coupled with Michelle’s excited reaction, I knew that this matter should be finalized, because what we got was Such a suitable opportunity." The
Maloneys felt very lucky because they realized that they had gathered a strong cast that could satisfy all the imagination of a filmmaker. Michele said: "The most impressive What’s incredible is that they all started cooperation with a kind of respect for each other. What they created together is a great environment and atmosphere, so beautiful that people can’t even believe that all of this is true. , Kieran and I feel that our luck is too good." Kieran added: "I even have a bad feeling, afraid that all this will use up our good luck. What should I do in the future? What to do? You know that it’s impossible for a person to be smooth sailing forever. I think they are very generous and generous, willing to work with us as directors for the first time, and become an integral part of the team. They are in the process We sincerely admire the elegance and tolerance shown."
In fact, it was from their failure that the Maloneys got the inspiration to create such a story. Michel said: "It's really the kind of complete despair and failure that almost knocked us down. in the screenwriter Kieran and I lost our way at the same time in the realm of ‘s. We don’t know what we want and where we should get it. We can’t even be sure whether we should continue, even though we think it’s okay. But few people came to us to write things. We felt overwhelming frustration and frustration. Then we stayed away from the film industry for a few years. Some people even thought that we were completely eliminated. In fact, we just wanted to give Just make a precipitation by yourself. At the very least, you should understand what you want. It is during this period of time that we wrote some things. "Paper man" is one of them. The concept of the story comes from us. The most true feeling is that Kiran and I are already middle-aged, and we are the kind of people who live by creativity and imagination. Although we really like what we are doing, we can’t help but have some doubts. : Are we really suitable for continuing to develop in this field? Is this really a lifelong career worthy of a lot of time for you to try? Are we a little too naive? And our friends are also facing a big Pile of "adult" issues, such as having children, divorce or marriage, when we receive these messages and feed them back, they become the stories told in "Paper Man"."
