The Director of ‘Opus’ Wanted to Subvert Horror Movies, So He Put John Malkovich in Platform Boots and Wrote Ayo Edebiri As a Lead ‘Who Didn’t Do Anything Stupid’

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The Director of ‘Opus’ Wanted to Subvert Horror Movies, So He Put John Malkovich in Platform Boots and Wrote Ayo Edebiri As a Lead ‘Who Didn’t Do Anything Stupid’ — Sundance

A pair of platform boots made writer-director Mark Anthony Green’s thriller “Opus” possible. Always detail oriented, Green needed John Malkovich, who portrays a legendary pop star named Alfred Moretti, to get into the mindset of an outrageous musical icon. He knew the boots would be the key totem that would help Malkovich conjure the character. […]Read Morefrom Film