Interview: 'The Wrestler' Director Darren Aronofsky

by Cinematical staff Dec 19th 2008 // 7:02PM

(We're reposting this interview from Toronto to coincide with the film's theatrical release)

By: James Rocchi

On a bright Toronto Morning, The Wrestler's director Darren Aronofsky still can't quite wrap his head around his past week: "It's been wild. Look, we started shooting in January; we finished the film five days ago. I was in Venice four days ago, with no buzz; three days ago, we won the Golden Lion out of nowhere, and two days ago, we showed it at Toronto and sold it to Fox Searchlight, so everything changed in five days. ..." Cinematical spoke with Aronofsky about the world of '80s wrestling, the unique possibilities and challenges inherent in working with Mickey Rourke, custom-crafting an old-school Nintendo game on an indie budget, punching up political commentary in post-production and more. ...

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-20-2008 @ 12:50AM

Chris said...

Awesome, thanks !

12-20-2008 @ 1:09AM

Dan W said...

Uhhh Darren Aronofsky and Christian Bale were separated at birth.

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