Adam driver and andrew garfield, two of the most prominent male actors of their generation, reach the next level in martin scorseses religious epic, silence. Adam drivers 50pound weight loss for a movie role was. I dont think ive ever taken it to the extreme before, he tells the latest edition of interview magazine about his 50lb weight loss. He rose to prominence in a supporting role in the hbo comedydrama series girls. There wasnt any attempt to make a movie until two years later when clint. With andrew garfield, adam driver, liam neeson, tadanobu asano.
Silence on dvd march 28, 2017 starring andrew garfield, issei ogata, liam neeson, adam driver. The heroes of the new martin scorsese film, silence, make a brief stop. And adam driver has revealed that the movie was the first time he has. You wouldnt think actors like adam driver would be forced to lose weight for a movie. That movie this time around is silence, the directors longcherished. A road movie, buddy picture and romance rolled into one, low lights pivots on a love. Adam driver lost a massive amount of weight to play a jesuit priest in martin scorseses upcoming epic silence. Anybody who has seen this film knows its not drivers movie. The dramatic thriller is set in 17thcentury japan and also stars andrew garfield and ken watanabe.
Join now silence earned an oscar nomination for best cinematography and was named one of the afis top 10 films of the year. Martin scorsese folgt in silence zwei missionaren nach japan. A character actor who caught audiences attention with the role of adam on the landmark hbo series girls, adam driver was an enlisted marine before he ever became a professional actor. I didnt know anything about the movie, but i didnt really care. I watched 627 minutes of adam driver movies because what. Adam driver in silence with andrew garfield, black and. Silence is a film directed by martin scorcese that shows how cruel a man can be.
Filmmaker martin scorsese feels his latest movie silence. Adam driver was really, really hungry when he lost 51 pounds. Paterson and silence star adam driver talks working with two of the industrys most respected auteurs, jim jarmusch and martin scorsese. Adam driver weight loss new movie silence extreme diet. Adam driver discusses huge weight loss for new film silence. Silence is beautiful, unsettling, and one of the finest religious movies. The film which also stars andrew garfield centers on two priests who embark on a. He was a lance corporal at the time, and he actually went back to juilliard, accepted this time. Based on historical facts, silence show the powerful shogunate defending their religion and culture against the european catholicism that promises easy paradise to the suffered japanese workers that has to work lot to pay the taxes and survive. I watched 627 minutes of adam driver movies because what else am i going to do. Adam driver death scene rodrigues andrew garfield witnesses an emaciated garupe adam driver and three other prisoners approaching on the shoreline under separate guard.
This page will rank 16 adam driver movies from best to worst in six. The girls star discussed shedding major pounds for his big role in martin scorseses long awaited film silence. This week, adam driver will star in the sixth and final. Driver, 33, shed 30 pounds before production began for the movie, then an additional 20 during filming. Adam douglas driver born november 19, 1983 is an american actor. The story of two christian missionaries andrew garfield and adam driver who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to japan in search of their missing mentor liam neeson at a time when christianity was outlawed and their presence forbidden. Silence is beautiful, unsettling, and one of the finest. Andrew garfield and adam drivers preparation for silence. With silence and paterson both out now, driver has become one of our most versatile, and effective, male actors. After graduating from the famous new york school, adam driver went to work on stage in the city that never sleeps. Martin scorseses silence tells the story of two christian missionaries andrew garfield and adam driver who face the ultimate test of faith when they. Martin scorseses film keenly understands shusaku endos novel and challenges believer and. Silence official trailer 2016 paramount pictures youtube. The girls actor, 33, opened up about his physical condition.
Both driver and garfield went through a 7day jesuit silent prayer vigil arranged with the help of the jesuit scholar martin to prepare them for their roles in the film. Adam driver had to go to great lengths to play a 17th jesuit priest in martin scorseses historical drama silence. Adam driver dropped major pounds in order to portray a 17th century priest in the new martin scorsese film silence, and it sounds anything but healthy. Everything you need to know about silence movie 2016. Adam driver recalls extreme weight loss for silence. Tells the story of two christian missionaries andrew garfield and adam driver who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to japa. Martin scorseses silence tells the story of two christian missionaries andrew garfield and adam driver who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to japan in. Starring andrew garfield, adam driver and liam neeson, see it in theatres. His mother, nancy needham wright, is a paralegal from mishawaka, indiana, and his father, joe douglas driver, who has deep roots in the american south, is from little rock, arkansas.
The third priest is believed to have committed apostasy by stepping on an image of jesus christ after being tormented by the japanese. Watch the official trailer for martin scorseses new movie silence. Adam driver is an american actor known for his breakout role on the tv series girls, as well as his bigscreen work in inside llewyn davis and the star wars franchise. Adam driver joins martin scorseses silence posted on monday, january th, 2014 by angie han one of the biggest breakouts of hbos girls isnt a girl at all.
Learn about adam driver including past and current movies, upcoming movies, and celebrity news at movies. In a profile on scorsese and the making of silence in this weekends new york times magazine, the films stars andrew garfield and adam driver reveal the intense research they did before. Silence features andrew garfield and adam driver as two missionaries in 17th century japan who are sent to find an older jesuit, who renounced his faith. Adam driver on jim jarmuschs paterson, scorseses silence. Lots of things have been said about my face barbara ellen as lena dunhams love interest in girls, actor adam driver represents a new kind of male. By this point, youre probably well aware that silence is a film that martin scorsese has been wanting to make since her received shusaku. Adam driver on filming martin scorseses silence indiewire. Adam driver and andrew garfield talk martin scorseses silence. Adam driver and andrew garfield on martin scorseses new film silence. Adam douglas driver was born in san diego, california. This week, adam driver will star in the sixth and final season of girls, closing a. Silence is beautiful, unsettling, and one of the finest religious movies ever made. Adam driver details his extreme weight loss for martin.
Driver teases that as the film begins, the characters, drivers francisco garrpe and andrew garfields sebastiao rodrigues, have already been. Adam driver talks about making jim jarmuschs paterson, his experience with scorsese on silence, star wars 8, steven soderberghs logan lucky, and more. Driver has gained worldwide fame for playing kylo ren in 2015s star wars. And adam driver has revealed that the movie was the first time he has had to go to such lengths in the name of visual storytelling.
The film stars andrew garfield, adam driver, liam neeson, tadanobu asano and ciaran hinds. Silence adam driver official featurette 2017 martin scorsese. The plot follows two 17thcentury jesuit priests who travel from. I dont think ive ever taken it to the extreme before. In the 17th century, two portuguese jesuit priests travel to japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate catholicism. Paterson follows a bus driver and basement poet, played by adam driver, as he goes through his monday through friday routine. Us movies, period pieces, movies based on books, dramas.