Fri. May 3rd, 2024


During an interview with ComingSoon, That Dirty Black Bag star Douglas Booth spoke about working with the visionary director Terrence Malick.

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When asked about working with Terrence Malick on the upcoming film The Way of the Wind, Booth shared a funny story about the iconic director:

“Then I had a call with Terrence the next day, and I was like, ‘Hi Terrence, it’s Douglas here.’ And he was like, ‘Oh, I loved you in that play back in something with Ian McKellen,’” Booth said. “And I’m like, ‘I wasn’t in that play with Ian McKellen. Oh my God, is this a hoax? Is this a joke?’ His next call after me was with Douglas Hodge, another actor. He’d got those two phone calls confused.”

Despite the confusion, Booth said he had another call with Malick, who explained the mix-up and assured Booth he meant to talk to him as well.

“He’s just so warm and gracious and brilliant,” Booth said of the director. “I was shooting a movie in Montreal, and I’d get off set every couple of days and have a voicemail from Terrence Malick. It was a ‘pinch me’ moment, but he has a very specific way of working. He is full of energy and he’s very passionate about this film and I can’t wait to see how he’s edited it and what he’s done.”

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In the future, Douglas Booth will also appear in Unwelcome, The Last Planet, Fabio D’Andrea: Bonnie and Clyde, Promised Land, and Gore.

By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.