Actors Amy Adams and director Denis Villeneuve reunite to discuss their collaboration on the science fiction film Arrival. The interview explores the making of the film, their creative process, and their future projects.
In Reunited, Awards Insider hosts a conversation between two Oscar contenders who have collaborated on a previous project. The ambitious sci-fi film, which starred Adams as a linguist who is attempting to communicate with aliens, came to the actor at a time when she was exhausted from an emotionally difficult shoot—but she couldn’t resist the script. It would end up being one of her best performances to date.
Arrival was a critical and box office hit that also established Villeneuve as a filmmaker who could take on ambitious sci-fi films—eventually leading him to make his passion project by adapting the beloved novel Dune into multiple films. This year, the pair have been crossing paths often because they’re both back in the awards race—Villeneuve with the epic Dune: Part Two, and Adams with the bold meditation on motherhood, Nightbitch, which she also produced. Gathered together in Los Angeles in November, the friends looked back at the risks they took for Arrival, while also explaining how they keep their fans in mind and what they’d love to do together in the future. Vanity Fair: What do you remember about the first time you met? Denis Villeneuve: The first time I met you, I was really impressed with how thoughtful and present you were—just like right now, looking at me with your eyes. In French we call it force tranquille—it means quiet power and a very strong presence. And I was really impressed. Amy Adams: I had known some of Denis’s previous work, but when I got the script I was actually just getting off of a film. It was a really hard experience and I was like, “I'm not reading anything. I don't know if I'm working again.” My very smart and thoughtful team said, “you can not read anything, but you have to read this.” And I got to the end of it. I was so moved, and then of course immediately had to read it again. So by the time I met you, I think I'd read it maybe three time
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