Casting Director: Laray Mayfield Director: David Fincher Writer: Eric Roth Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Elle Fanning, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond The Pitch: In a film adapted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald story, Benjamin (Pitt) leads an unusual life, born at age 80 in post-World War I New Orleans and aging backward into the 21st century.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button could have been a casting director's dream — or nightmare. Starring Brad Pitt as a man aging backward, David Fincher's sixth feature is a sprawling fable with an equally sprawling cast. Fortunately, Laray Mayfield, who cast the filmmaker's Se7en, Fight Club, Panic Room, and Zodiac, relished the challenge. Fincher brought her the project three or four years before it went into production, without any star names attached — although, Mayfield says, the director always had Pitt in mind to play the title role: "David has a very...
- 12/11/2008
- backstage.com
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