Cary Fukunaga, the director of “Mourir Can Wait”, spoke about his experience during the filming of “True Detective”. He notably said that his relationship with producer Nic Pizzolatto was complicated …
True Detective : a reference for the small screen
Before being hired for the realization of the last James bond, Cary Fukunaga notably rose to prominence for directing the very first season of True Detective. This series, created by Nic Pizzolatto consists of three seasons, and met with monstrous success, especially in his first season. Each season is made up of a different cast. The first offered spectators a duet composed of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
So Cary Fukunaga staged the first season before stepping away from the project (which may be why the following two seasons are less successful). The filmmaker even received an Emmy Award for his excellent work on True Detective.
A bad agreement with the producer
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter on the occasion of the promotion of To die can wait, Cary Fukunaga reconsidered his experience on the set of True Detective. He notably stopped on his complicated relationship with the producer and screenwriter of the show: Nic Pizzolatto. Initially, the two men were to work on an equal footing, but Nic Pizzolatto had more power with HBO, which did not help the relationship between the two artists. Indeed, Nic Pizzolatto behaved like the only master on board which had the gift of annoying Cary Fukunaga:
The series was presented to me the way we pitched it all over Hollywood: like an independent film adapted for television. The screenwriter and the director form a team. Over the course of the project, Nic continued to position himself as if he was my boss. I used to say to myself all the time: “But you’re not my boss actually! We are partners. We collaborate. At the time of post-production, people like Michael Lombardo (former president of programming at HBO Editor’s note) then chose to give Nic more power. It was disheartening because I didn’t feel this partnership was right.
Cary Fukunaga continued his interview by simply saying what he really thought of Nic Pizzolatto. The filmmaker is also very direct:
Nic is a very good screenwriter. But I am convinced that his work needs to be reworked behind. It is too often centered on the writing and not enough on the momentum of the story. My fight with him was precisely to take some of those long dialogue scenes to put some air into them. We differed in tone and in our tastes.
Yet at the time of the release of True Detective, Nic Pizzolatto had denied any tension with Cary Fukunaga. It was also at the microphone of The Hollywood Reporter:
Cary and I worked together perfectly. There was never an argument.
In any case there had to be a great atmosphere on the set of True Detective. Anyway, Cary Fukunaga will unveil his next work on October 6 with To die can wait. In the meantime, we leave you with some images from the film:
