For Alejandro González Iñárritu, the scariest part of making 'Digger' wasn't the climate catastrophe
Source: Business Insider ·
"Digger" director Alejandro González Iñárritu breaks down the plot twists and ending of his divisive new movie, and talks about working with Tom Cruise.
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On paper, Alejandro González Iñárritu's new movie had all the trappings of a hit. The Oscar-winning director had assembled a star-studded cast led by the inimitable Tom Cruise. He had a twisty and surprising script that uses satire to tackle ambitious topics, and a talented team that built set pieces impressive enough to match. But he was still nervous about the execution. "The acting tone was the most scary part for me," Iñárritu told Business Insider shortly before the movie's opening weekend. "Tone, you cannot write — you have to feel it and hear it." Four days later, the verdict at the box office came in: "Digger" was a bomb. The climate-change satire starring Cruise, John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, and Emma D'Arcy made $8 million in its opening weekend on a reported $180 million budget, making it the lowest opening weekend for Cruise in 19 years. The movie is projected to bring in only $50 million worldwide by the end of its theatrical…