Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky Instagram – the outpouring of love has been amazing and has made me reflect. i have one more mark story i want to share. when we were casting pi we had met with pretty much every actor in the age range who could play sol the former soviet mathematician who had spent some time in the gulag. countless actors had come in and every one of them struggled with the accent. so much so i decided to cut that requirement cause never mind the accent i needed a great actor. shooting was almost upon us and i was starting to panic. then our casting director bumped into mark at the supermarket in line and convinced him to come read for this upstart kid from brooklyn. when he came in i told him to ignore the accent. he cocked his head and said it’s not a problem. to myself i thought uh oh! this won’t be good. but then he opened his mouth and we had sol. ok here’s a few more memories: we were a super low budget film and everyday i drove mark to set. and everyday i’d think about pacino driving the bomb maker by the UN as i looked at mark in my passenger seat. then there was mr. rabinowitz “you’re mom needs you like a moose needs a hat rack.” and there was the Franciscan opening the movie in the fountain and getting his brains smashed in. and in the wrestler he was the mean landlord who pissed the real mickey rourke off with his attitude. i told mark to never look at mickey and sure enough he didn’t. and later in noah on the spot where the tectonic plates split and was the birthplace of democracy he played the great OG, nephilim of the bible screaming out his heart as he tested noah. what a great artist. a great collaborator. a great muse. there was nothing he could not do. love you mark. | Posted on 05/Aug/2023 04:49:50