Interview: Nicolas Winding Refn for Bronson
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:08PM - By Artie
On the heels of substantial festival buzz Nicolas Winding Refn sat down for a roundtable to talk Bronson, his take on the man the British media once labeled “Most Violent Prisoner.” Refn has been a filmmaker to watch since the first of the Pusher Trilogy debuted, earning accolades for its raw portrayal of low level hustling on the streets of Copenhagen. A decade later he’s managed to pull The Charlie Bronson Story out of development hell, taking it beyond the expected ripped-from-the-headlines account and into the realm of the surreal.
Here’s his candid explanation of what makes Bronson more than a prison movie, why he had no interest in making a standard biopic, and how two very different meetings earned Tom Hardy some hard time as the UK’s most notorious inmate.
