Willem Dafoe said it was the exploration of 'socio-political questions about power and the city government's relationship to the well-being of the people' that further drew him to the project after EdwardNorton asked him to be a part of it.
Motherless BrooklynNorton produced and wrote the screenplay for the 1950s-set noir, adapting Jonathan Lethem's book of the same name, and took on the starring role of Lionel Essrog, a private detective with Tourette Syndrome.ahead of the film screening as the closing night selection for the New York Film Festival last month, Norton said he didn't feel as if he'd taken on too much.
"Once the bad thing happens to [my character's] boss, everything after that is my invention," Norton said. Co-star Willem Dafoe said it was the story's exploration of "important" themes like "socio-political questions about power and the city government's relationship to the well-being of the people" that further drew him to the project after Norton asked him to be a part of it.
His familiarity with that era quickly became apparent to co-star Josh Pais when Norton gathered Pais and co-stars Bruce Willis and Fisher Stevens on the first day of shooting.
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