“ It was all in the script, and that is why Joan did the movie. She loved it. It’s Death Race, right? And Joan Allen, three-time Oscar nominee, The Notebook, The Upside of Anger: she is always seen as the moral center of films. Well, I think that is how people perceive her. She plays moral the center even in the Bourne movies. She’s the one in the corrupt government organization that you can rely on. And I thought how interesting to take someone who is usually the moral center of movies and make her the exact opposite. But I knew that if I am going to get Joan Allen in the movie I am going to have to write a fucking good role, because she is stepping outside of her comfort zone a little bit and doing something she has never done before. So I did a ton of research on prisons, prison governors, women in prison, and then we sent her the script. She really liked the script. I went and had a cup of tea with her in New York, and by the time we had finished having our cup of tea, she had signed on to do the movie. And it was because she fascinated about playing this character.
Premiere - Exclusive: Director Paul W.S. Anderson on ‘Death Race’
Soo… I kind of want to see this movie now.
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