He’s so incredibly prepared."
Reed did, however, admit that Cannavale was given to asking questions alotof questions.
“It became a joke with us.
Credit: Zade Rosenthal
There’s a sign between there, I don’t have a line of sight.'
They’re going to think you have a line of sight to the van.'
There were always like weird technical questions.”
Does Cannavale care to dispute Reed’s account of events?
“I’m standing, strategically, underneath a huge American flag.
And then this tank is supposed to come flying out of this building.
Of course, it’s not really happening, it’s just bluescreeneverywhere.
Which begs the question, ‘Why are we here at four o’clock in the morning?
So, that wasonequestion.
And you just hear, over the loudspeaker, ‘No, Cannavale!
You’re not going to get hit by the debris!
it’s a movie!’
I go, ‘Hold on, hold, hold on.
‘Oh, I see.So, it’s important the flag is in the shot?’
‘Yes, Cannavale, it’s important!
Can we roll?’
‘All right, give me a minute.’
But I was really just taking the piss out of the whole thing.”
Vinyldebuts Sunday on HBO.
See a trailer below.
A version of this story appeared inEntertainment Weeklyissue #1402
