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1 day agoLeo Woodall Is Entering His Movie Star Era
Dustin Hoffman’s presence shifts a room’s energy, and Leo Woodall focuses on evolving his acting process and building a career rather than making grand proclamations.
We filmed that day the morning after the premiere of The White Lotus; I had about three hours of sleep. I just had nothing left in the tank; it was exactly where I needed to be for that day,
"That was new to me, that a director took that time that early in the process to get to know the people who he's auditioning, which I thought was brilliant because he really gets to know you and you get to know him. It's a mutual testing of each other. And I had a really lovely conversation with him that made me feel very safe and respected, and I think that affected the way the audition went, to be honest."