Steven Spielberg explains the story behind how David Lynch was perfectly cast as John Ford for his cameo in the final scene of The Fabelmans.
Steven Spielberg explains the story behind how David Lynch was cast as John Ford for The Fabelmans. Co-written by him and his frequent collaborator Tony Kushner, Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film follows Sammy Fabelman as his stand-in, exploring his development as a young filmmaker while surrounded by his dysfunctional family. At the end of the film, Sammy ends up in the offices of the legendary filmmaker John Ford, played by living legend David Lynch.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY During a recent sit-down with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Spielberg explained the story behind how Lynch was cast as Ford in The Fabelmans. Spielberg explains that he originally had another actor in mind to play Ford until someone else intervened. In a previous interview, Spielberg revealed that Lynch declined the role at first, and he had to call in a mutual friend, Jurassic Park's Laura Dern, to convince him. Read what Spielberg shared below:
I had an actor in mind, I won't mention who it is, he's a friend of mine, to play John Ford and then Tony Kutcher's husband Mark Harris said, "What about David Lynch?" Tony called me so excited and said, "You know who Mark just suggested? David Lynch," and the light bulbs went off the second I heard that name I went, "Oh my God, Mark is so right," and so I called David.
Lynch, an iconic filmmaker in his own right, perfectly captures the spirit of the ornery auteur, because he is arguably one himself. Sporting an eye patch and smoking a cigar, Lynch plays up Ford's brashness and bluster, which is both hilarious in and of itself, but also quite accurate based on interviews with Ford from the time.
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