David Fincher has something of a reputation. It goes back to the earliest days of his movie career, to Seven—even before. He's infamously exacting, requiring his actors to perform endless takes. Sometimes well into the triple digits. Rumor has it that Jake Gyllenhaal is still scarred.
In the 61-year-old's latest movie The Killer, which opens in limited release this Friday and hits Netflix on November 10th, Michael Fassbender portrays a meticulous hitman who obsesses over every… single… detail. He, like his movie's director, is exhaustive. Exhaustingly so. He'll take days on a job. He narrates the virtues of patience like a self-help tape stuck on repeat. Sound familiar? Some critics think so, detecting a whiff of self-deprecation in the air.
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