{"id":294457,"date":"2025-11-16T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/294457\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T04:15:08","slug":"nuremberg-star-rami-malek-director-james-vanderbilt-on-post-wwii-pic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/294457\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Nuremberg’ Star Rami Malek, Director James Vanderbilt On Post-WWII Pic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRami Malek<\/a> admits that while the subject matter of his latest film Nuremberg<\/a> is sobering and grim, the story and characters were so compelling that he and his castmates couldn\u2019t help but feel giddy when diving into the work.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat\u2019s odd is the juxtaposition of the word \u2018fun\u2019 in Nuremberg,\u201d Malek mused during Deadline\u2019s Contenders Film: Los Angeles<\/a> panel alongside writer-director James Vanderbilt<\/a>. The Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner described the whipsaw between the tension being generated on set and the actors\u2019 joy of creating indelible characters and soaking in the lighter moments that added humanity to the story of prosecuting top Nazi officer Hermann G\u00f6ring, played by Russell Crowe.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere are moments where you\u2019re laughing, and that\u2019s what James has done so brilliantly in the script, that\u2019s what drew me to it,\u201d he said. \u201cI love stories that take us back into history and allow us to retell the story that we think we know \u2013 and I promise you when you see this, if you haven\u2019t, there\u2019s so many surprises and twists and just a part of history that really will shock you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMalek said he and his fellow actors \u201cwere salivating as we were watching or taking part in it. And I know Michael [Shannon] and Russell just enjoyed every second of that to be able to go through these takes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sense of place added to the gravitas of the story, Malek added. \u201cWe were shooting in Hungary, and at the end of each take there was a standing ovation,\u201d he explained, noting that the locals \u201ckept applauding because there\u2019s so many links in that part of the world to what happened \u2013 very, very closely. And so you could feel that. You could feel the tension in that courtroom scene. It was palpable every day. You hold that with you and yeah, there\u2019s something uniquely special about that.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just threw myself into the nature of what this guy was going through,\u201d he added about his role as an Army psychiatrist tasked with evaluating G\u00f6ring at a critical turning point in post-war world, matching wits with Nazis who had committed or ordered some of the most heinous atrocities in history.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Nuremberg\u2019 Wows TIFF: Why It Took 13 Years To Stage The Post-WWII Trial And Tribulations Of Hitler Henchman Hermann G\u00f6ring<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou have to come in there with a sense of charm and a sense of being as engaging and smart,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think being able to play that psychological chess match well enough to be in the room, pulling that off with all, not just [G\u00f6ring], but 21 other Nazis as well. So there was a sense that I had to bring every level of humanity into that room \u2014 whether it was wit, charm, being able to be disarming, being able to be incredibly intelligent and being as powerful and having as much steeliness as I could at moments going toe-to-toe in that room.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAs he continues to add to his acting r\u00e9sum\u00e9, Malek also made it clear he wouldn\u2019t be going backward in any sort of Mr. Robot reboot or spinoff with that 2015-2019 series\u2019 creator Sam Esmail. \u201cNo,\u201d he affirmed definitively, though he said a collaboration on an unrelated project might arise. \u201cSam and I just talked about working together again, but that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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