Channing Tatum New Movie 2014 'Foxcatcher' Trailer Released, Steve Carell Shares On Set Experiences, Watch Here (VIDEO)

Channing Tatum New Movie 2014 'Foxcatcher' Trailer Released, Steve Carell Shares On Set Experiences, Watch Here (VIDEO) 

Steve Carell is set to star in Bennett Miller's new dark sports drama, Foxcatcher. The movie was shown at May's Cannes Film Festival and was received with strong critical reception putting Carell on the short list of contenders for a Best Actor Academy Award.

When asked why Carell was a good choice to play John du Pont, director Miller shares with EW, "That it's not obvious was part of the reason why it was right, because who we think [du Pont] is and who he turns out to be are very different things. I think some of the more obvious choices would have not worked, because right off the bat, you would put them in a category. But having spoken to Steve about the story and a little bit about life, it just felt like one of those opportunities that would permit him to reveal an aspect of himself and hitherto unrevealed talents that he had. It was an occasion to arise to for him. I remember feeling, 'Well, if it could work with him, there really is nobody better suited to it.'"

"I didn't look at the role as a juicy role, per se," Carell shared about accepting the role. "I tried to approach it like you would approach any part, try to understand what type of person this man might have been. Ultimately, it's only your best guess, but it was extremely challenging." He dove into the character, studying the documentary footage that du Pont himself had commissioned to herald his achievements, and wearing a prosthetic nose that helped locate the character. "Just the reflection of what you see in other people and how they respond to you, I could tell that I was off-putting," he says. "People just naturally weren't inclined to be around me, based on how I looked. It was a little creepy."

"It's hard to look at something like this as 'fun,'" says Carell. "It was not a light set-especially for me. I would generally get to work a few hours before everyone else because of the makeup, so by the time most people got there, I was already in character. So I felt very separate going through the days. I think, overall, it was somber. Everyone felt that they had this responsibility, and it's not a frivolous story. It's dark and it has sharp edges to it. So Channing and I just naturally avoided each other. We weren't precious about it in any way, but I think we both felt that it was valuable. That way, when we were doing those scenes, they had a different feeling to them."

Channing Tatum get intense in the latest trailer for his new movie Foxcatcher with Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo based on the true story of Olympic Wrestling Champion Mark Schultz. You can watch the trailer above, where Tatum smashes his head into a mirror.

Plot: Mark Schultz (Tatum), despite having won a gold medal for wrestling at the 1984 Olympics, lives in the shadow of his accomplished older brother, Dave (Ruffalo). Mark seems to have found his own path when multimillionaire John E. du Pont (Carell) invites Mark to train as part of a national U.S. wrestling team preparing for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Du Pont's training is relentless and his philosophy strident, but Mark wants to please him nonetheless. But when Dave arrives to much fanfare to join Team Foxcatcher, Mark finds himself relegated to the shadows once again, while DuPont begins to unravel. Based on a true story.

Foxcatcher also stars Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller and was directed by Bennett Miller. The film is set to hit theaters on November 14th. 

 

 

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