Marion Cotillard Was The Only Option For Allied, Says Robert Zemeckis
For Allied director Robert Zemeckis, actress Marion Cotillard was the only choice for the film.
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Actress
Marion
Cotillard
was
the
only
choice
to
feature
in
the
film
Allied
and
portray
the
character
of
Marianne
Beausejour
in
the
movie,
said
the
director
Robert
Zemeckis.
"I
didn't
know
this,
but
she
had
read
the
project
a
while
back.
I
don't
even
know
if
I
was
attached
at
that
point.
I
offered
it
to
her
as
soon
as
I
became
the
director
and
she
was
my
only
choice.
So
I
was
thrilled
she
wanted
to
do
it," Zemeckis
said
in
a
statement.
The
64-year-old
celebrated
film-maker
said
that
he
is
very
economical
about
his
films
and
he
only
shoots
the
scenes
that
he
is
going
to
need
in
his
movie.
"They
change
in
the
editing
room,
but
I
don't
rearrange
the
story.
I'm
a
very
meticulous
film-maker.
I
shoot
exactly
what
I
need.
I
don't
shoot
a
bunch
of
stuff
and
then
try
to
build
the
movie
afterward.
I
don't
want
to
shoot
any
more
than
I
absolutely
have
to,"
the
director
added.
However,
the
director
shared
that
the
most
"challenging"
shoot
for
the
movie
was
the
'party' scene,
which
took
a
lot
of
preparation
and
time
to
shoot.
"There
were
some
scenes
that
were
more
difficult.
The
climax
took
a
while
to
do.
Interestingly
enough,
for
a
directing
standpoint,
the
most
challenging
scene
from
a
directing
standpoint
was
the
party.
There's
so
much
going
on
and
that
scene
had
to
be
laid
out
months
in
advance." He
said.
"We
actually
built
the
set
to
accommodate
the
story.
The
whole
house
was
designed
around
how
it
would
function
to
tell
the
story,"
Zemeckis
added.