![]() ![]() Those are the kinds of projects at this point that I’m gravitating towards. When I knew it would end with that last twist, I said, “Man, this is a really good movie, and it has really high stakes.” The finished product was justified to me. Most of the time the movie does not end up being as good as the script. You’re gonna be big after this!” Most of the time that’s not true. ![]() They always tell you, “This movie is gonna be you’re breakout. The easy answer to that is no because at this point I’ve done 12 movies, and I’ve absolutely worked on some where people have told me it’s testing through the roof. When you read the script for Whiplash, did you expect the hype? That's his goal, and he's not too shy to admit it. He's just doing what he has to do, putting his soul into one movie at a time, trying to get on every major director's Rolodex. Whiplash hints at what Miles Teller could mean to Hollywood in the future, and proves he's the best actor of his generation.īut unlike his character in the movie, Teller isn't trying to hear the praise, though he knows it's there. A Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, it's Teller's most impressive film to date, the one certainly at the top of his acting reel. Loosely based on Chazelle's own life, it's about the danger that comes from the desire to be great and the costs, namely the personal relationships, your self-obsession forces you to chock up. Unlike every other music movie, Whiplash isn't concerned with discovering the uplifting power of song. Directed by newcomer Damien Chazelle, the intense drama tells the story of obsessive prodigy drummer Andrew Neyman (Teller), who's taken under the wing of his jazz conservatory's most feared and revered instructor, Terence Fletcher ( J.K. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor clarified, "I meant just burnt out and fatigued from doing my first big-budget lengthy shoot and four months was a long time and I just wanted to relax afterwards." Watching the energy he puts into his films, you can immediately tell the actor isn't just feeding you a line.Īnd the biggest testament to that is Whiplash, in theaters today. The actor, 27, has spent the past few weeks clarifying his comment to W magazine that he felt "dead inside" filming the YA hit Divergent. He is certainly no “Bird” himself.Miles Teller isn't a ruthless guy. The irony is that he is performing a schmaltzy number in an utterly unoriginal and banal way. The teacher has a rapt expression on his face which makes his joy in the music obvious. In another scene, he watches him play the piano in a nightclub. Andrew spies on him speaking to the tiny daughter of one of his old students with tenderness and humour. Even here, the humanity flickers through. Simmons generally plays comic roles or kindly, genial types, for example the avuncular professor in recent Hugh Grant comedy, The Rewrite. With less sympathetic actors, Whiplash would have been difficult to endure. As in all such Oedipal tales, the only way the student can emerge as a musician in his own right is by destroying the father figure. He even prepared to ditch his long-suffering girlfriend (Melissa Benoist), because she will get in the way of his career. Andrew takes on Fletcher’s affectations the more time he spends with him. ![]() Fletcher is endlessly cruel and sarcastic - and has a tremendous knack for vicious, expletive-filled put-downs. He yearns to be one of the “greats” but regards his teacher as the only arbiter whose opinion he can trust. Andrew is desperate to win the approval of Fletcher.
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