Michael Shannon didn't reduce off the open street on the set of “The Bikeriders”… The truth is, he wasn't allowed close to the bikes throughout filming, based on the director.
Jeff Nichols – who directed the movie starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist and Shannon – says regardless of MS' biker character within the movie, he by no means jumped on a bike… as a result of he simply wasn't .
On the “Reelblend” podcast, Nichols says the actors needed to undergo in depth coaching to climb on the pigs… however Shannon skipped and was subsequently not allowed to journey.
Jeff says that Michael's first query about filming, once they mentioned the film, was about whether or not he ought to be taught to drive… one thing JN says he positively might have executed if he had had the will to strive.
By the best way…motor expertise don't appear to be in Michael Shannon's wheelhouse – as a result of Jeff stated Shannon didn't also have a driver's license once they made the sci-fi movie 'Midnight Particular' collectively in 2016.
The brand new movie, centered round a gaggle of outsiders who turn into a sinister gang, arrived in theaters on Friday and is getting good critiques thus far, with an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
So it seems like nobody is that upset that Shannon didn't hop on the bike… though it’d damage the movie's realism a bit.
