But writer-director Derek Cianfrance did.
Stedmans best-selling tearjerkerThe Light Between Oceans(in theaters Sept. 2).
On it was etched For Our Beloved Daughter, Gone Too Soon, September 1896 December 1896.
Davi Russo
I realized there have been light-keepers and people living here for 100 years, he says.
And there had been life and death and love and tragedy, right here under our feet.
Suffice to say, Cape Campbell got the part.
Davi Russo
I was very excited by the story itself, Fassbender says.
The Oscar nominee was Cianfrances first choice for Tom, and that was dictated by the characters dilemma.
Michael is one of the greatest brains in the movies, the director says.
Hes Magneto, who can move objects with his brain.
For the emotionally wrenching role of Isabel, Cianfrance gave his casting directors a tall order.
Um, well, those are three of the people that inspire me to act, she says.
I loved meeting him because he has an immerse amount of passion.
In their first meeting, Cianfrance offered Vikander a kind of dare.
I was up for that challenge.
And the director could not be happier than she was up for it.
But she was not.
And her courage led the way with us.
I hired her on the spot.
Cianfrance knew that had a winning team.
Michael is the heavyweight champion of the world, pound for pound, and Alicia is like a thoroughbred.
So we had Muhammed Ali and Seabiscut.
Naturally theyre going to be champions together.
