Between dinosaurs and laser guns, Adam Driver realizes his childhood dream in “65”.

He fought in a galaxy far, far away from star Warswas killed in Italy by Lady Gaga in House of Gucci and was accused of rape in medieval France in Last duel. But he has not yet returned to prehistoric times. Adam Driver fights with dinosaur laser weapons in his hands 65: ground beforean adventure born of the duo’s imagination behind Soundless, first time behind the camera. “I have never been offered such films. I got the impression that they weren’t that frequent, so I told myself I should take advantage of them.”he explains to TF1info.

Very reserved about his personal life, Adam Driver even slipped on set. late shows American than her son “loved dinosaurs”. A passion common to all children, which he also knew when he was younger. 65 Is there a way to make a childhood dream come true? “Absolutely”he answers, the one who still remembers the day he discovered Jurassic Park in theaters for the first time when he was only 10 years old. “I saw him with his parents and got scared. It was a great moment in my film life.“, he tells us with a smile. He hopes to inspire the same fears in the audience with this film about survival.

Adam Driver plays Mills, a pilot who, after his ship crashes, finds himself alone on an unfamiliar planet, which turns out to be Earth 65 million years ago. He quickly realizes that another passenger has survived. A young girl named Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) who unknowingly becomes the key to her survival. “She literally saves his life at the very beginning when he thinks there is no one around. That’s what drew me to the film. It’s really about two people who each run in mourning at different speeds and find that on the outside they face what they experience on the inside. “, he notes. A “family found” an excellent duet of not very talkative actors is embodied.

Authors of Terrifying Soundless where silence escaped death, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods once again cut down on dialogue for the script. “Better than some.” “We love the idea of ​​total cinema, where you can convey everything with the tools at your disposal”, details the duo, who cites French director Jacques Tati among their inspirations. Impressed by Adam Driver’s performance in Marriage history, “one of his most powerful” which earned him an Oscar nomination, the directors chose him first.

They then found Ariana Greenblatt, 13 at the time of filming, who gave birth to her. “this ability to communicate everything without uttering a single word.” “Not talking too much was probably the most difficult thing because I had to express all the emotions with my eyes. It was new for me.”details the young actress, who has since spent two more years and loves “whatever is a challenge”. Especially doing your own stunts.

65 was filmed in natural settings, from the swamps of Louisiana to the forests of Oregon through Ireland. “Winter in New Orleans is much colder than I imagined. We spent a lot of time in the mud, on the sand, in the rain. We fell, ran, cut. Daily really allowed us to quickly connect with Adam”smiling teenager proudly sharing “same sense of humor” than his partner.

Adam Driver also talks about filming “intensive”. The hardest experience after the one in which he lost “great weight” for another project. “But I don’t know how we could have done it differently. You don’t talk much to each other, so more attention is paid to the physical elements. It was difficult, but I love it because it’s about capturing the best scenes.”, insists someone who went to a good school after several years in the Marine Corps. On set, the actors had the right to act fearful in front of technicians waving tennis balls in front of them. But they also got a glimpse of the film’s bestiary through the sketches.

Scott Beck and Brian Woods, along with experts and paleontologists, drew their dinosaurs. “Dreams Come True” also for those Steven Spielberg fans who have been friends since they met in 6th grade in Iowa.. “The teenagers we were at 12 knew we needed a T-Rex”they throw at us. They mixed science and their imagination to invent certain species. “terrifying” and put them “I hope otherwise than Jurassic Park AND jurassic world“. The result is a 1 hour and 30 minute adventure with pretty good special effects that doesn’t revolutionize the genre, of course, but offers good fun. As a bonus, Adam Driver is attractive as always.

>> 65: Earth before Scott Beck and Byron Woods, with Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt – currently in theaters