Matt Damon, Peter Stormare, And Sanjeev Bhaskar Join Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Zero Theorem’
Matt Damondid a movie withTerry Gilliamonce, and sadly, it… was not very good. At all. But despite all the evident problems withThe Brothers Grimm, there is no bad blood between actor and director. In fact, Damon is now set to go back to work with Gilliam. And even if it’s just for a couple days, for a small role in Gilliam’s new filmThe Zero Theorem, it’s a pretty great thing.
The filmstarsChristoph Waltzas a computer scientistwaiting for a phone callas he is preoccupied with puzzling out a theorem to determine the reason for human existence. It also featuresTilda SwintonandMelanie Thierry, and today Gilliam announced via Facebook thatPeter StormareandSanjeev Bhaskaralso have roles. But until we have more idea of what they’ll be doing, let’s get to the comments from Damon about his gig.
Vultureran into Matt Damon at the premiere ofArgo, and noting the actor’s newly-shaved head, asked about reshoots for Neill Blomkamp’sElysium. Damon confirmed that, but said he’s also going back to work with Gilliam:
Damon said the look would be moreGraydon Carterthan punk rock,
They’re making the wig now, and I saw the hair sample — they’ve got to get it to London and send it. It’s, like, gray-white. He’s supposed to be my age, and it’s supposed to be a believable hairline, but a few inches back to here [points to an area much further back]. Still believable that it could be mine, and then they’ll fine shave my head all the way down. Terry’s so visual, you know, which I love. It makes it very easy to work with him. He always knows exactly what he wants.
(And, actually, we do know, maybe, a bit about what Stormare and Bhaskar will be doing, asGilliam’s announcement said, “Excitement at the front! Zero Theorem now has two more brilliant actors on board: Peter Stormare and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Not just comic geniuses but great friends. They will be sharing two parts at the same time. I hope you like the look.” Make of that what you will.)
