Adam Driver Chucking His Personal Plans Aside For ‘Megalopolis’ Speaks Volumes About Francis Ford Coppola’s Sheer Power
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver plays the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola's passion project.
- Driver dropped his plans of taking a temporary break from acting just so he could work with Coppola.
- The Godfather director worked on Megalopolis for almost half a decade before it came to fruition.
American actor Adam Driver is well known in the movie industry, especially for his collaborations with auteur filmmakers. He has been one of the fans’ favorites for his works like The Last Duel, House of Gucci, Marriage Story, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He is also the recipient of prestigious awards including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
Driver was planning to take a break from acting only to sideline it after getting an offer from Coppola. It’s not always about the script’s strength, sometimes it’s simply about the director’s aura. Coppola is the man for whom the Ferrari actor canceled his plans.
Adam Driver Dumped His Personal Plans To Collaborate With Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is one of the legendary directors in the industry with whom every actor wishes to work. So, it is no surprise that when he came knocking on Driver’s door, the latter knew better than to turn him away.
One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement, Coppola is the mastermind behind projects like The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Conversation, Lost in Translation, and many more. Recipient of five Academy Awards, Coppola disrupted Driver’s plan of taking a break from acting.
The 40-year-old actor himself confessed to Discussing Film that it was Coppola’s Megalopolis that made him keep his personal plans aside for a moment.
Francis himself, he’s one of those directors that almost every actor I know when you get that opportunity it’s going to be interesting.
It’s not only Driver who has been enthusiastic about working with Coppola, the latter has worked with several young actors resulting in blockbuster movies. Actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Gary Sinise and C. Thomas Howell were recognized by the legendary director when they were pretty young.
Francis Ford Coppola Took Almost Half a Decade to Develop Megalopolis
Directors usually take their own time to develop a movie before releasing it to the masses. Surprisingly, Coppola took almost 47 years to develop the film from scratch. Written, directed, and produced by Coppola, the sci-fi film casting includes Grace VanderWaal, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LeBeouf, Chloe Fineman, and many others
The movie revolves around Cesar Catilina as he clashes with Franklyn Cicero to ensure the rebuilding of the metropolis of New Rome after a devastating disaster. What’s interesting to note about the movie is the fact that Coppola began developing it back in 1977, almost 47 years before its scheduled release.
It was in 1983 when Coppola started assembling notes for the script as the initial preparation. The shooting was planned to begin in 1989 but got postponed as Coppola himself focused on other projects over this film. The film got abandoned once again before getting a concrete green signal in 2019.
Megalopolis is set to hit theatres on September 27, 2024.
