Although Michael Fassbender does an incredible job inDavid Fincher’s latest film,The Killer, the director originally wanted to work with another actor, one with whom he had already collaborated on several projects before.
The Killer
The recently released Netflix thriller marks Fassbender’s return to film after a four-year hiatus, ashis previous movie was 2019’sX-Men: Dark Phoenix. And it’s a truly epic return, because it also marks the return of Fincher after first teaming up with the streaming platform forMankin 2020, and the first collaboration between the acclaimed director and the actor.
But initially, when Fincher began working onThe Killeryears ago, he actually wanted a different actor. This is Brad Pitt, who has worked with the filmmaker on several occasions in the past. In an interview withRolling Stoneto promote his new film, Fincher revealed that Pitt refused to join the project and explained why:
“I’d originally been thinking of Brad [Pitt] back in 2008. But his response had been, ‘Eh, a little too nihilistic for me.’ OK, so, who? We needed someone who would embrace that aspect of the character. Then a dozen or so years later, when Andy and I were in the middle of hashing it out, I thought of Michael Fassbender. [I sent him the script with a note saying] ‘I’d love to send this to you to read, I don’t know what your life is like now, I know you’re racing…’ And a few hours later, he called back and told me he was in.”
InThe Killer, Fassbender plays a professional assassin who botches a job, which not only jeopardizes his career but also his entire life. After his failure, he will start a race around the world to avoid suffering the consequences of his mistake.
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Fincher made his debut as a film director in 1992 withAlien 3, but his first major project would come in 1995 with the dark thrillerSe7en, still considered as one of his best movies. That would be the first time thatBrad Pittand the director met, since the actor played one of the two leading roles along with Morgan Freeman. In fact,Se7venis one of those titles that helped Pitt on his path to becoming a huge star, along withInterview with the Vampire,Legends of the Fall, and12 Monkeys, released that same year.
In 1999, they would team up again to establish themselves together as two big names in Hollywood withFight Club, where Pitt plays thecontroversial but unforgettable Tyler Durdenalongside an equally magnificent Edward Norton. Ten years later, they would reunite again inThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which earned Pitt his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
Both were going to work together once again in the sequel toWorld War Z, after Pitt starred in the first film, but the project seems to have been forgotten despite the director’s intentions to make it happen.
The Killeris available to stream now on Netflix.
