The domino effect that led Matt Damon to the Coen brothers: “I was dying to work with them”
Damon’s path to the Coens was long and winding
Coen Brothers
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon auditioned for ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: “I was so bad”
It could have catapulted him to Hollywood.
The only superhero movie of the Coen brothers’ career: “They were instrumental early on”
Hell, they even cameo in the film
Ryan Reynolds’ disastrous audition for the Coen brothers: “What are you doing here?”
“Do you have a SAG card?”
The Coen brothers classic they didn’t think anyone would watch: “Three people will end up seeing it”
Yes, they were convinced this classic would flop
The idiotic Coen brothers role that Brad Pitt claimed he couldn’t play: “You’ll be fine”
Pitt felt unsure how to play this dolt, but the Coens knew he was the man for the job.
The Coen brothers movie nobody wanted to make: “They almost uniformly hated it”
An unexpected success.
The one movie the Coen brothers plagiarised for 25 years: “The only film we rip off left and right”
At least it wasn’t obvious.
