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 After his breakout in 2013's "Inside Llewyn Davis," Isaac's
profile is on the rise with roles in the upcoming "Star Wars"
and "X-Men" films.
Isaac, 35, spoke to Reuters about the notion of ambition in his
latest film "A Most Violent Year" and those pesky "Star Wars"
questions.
Q: Did Abel Morales' ambitions in "A Most Violent Year" resonate
with your own?
A: These tales of ambition are fascinating, and the rise to
power, what power means. For me, I've never been interested in
that, although ultimately it'd be great to find a story and be
able to make it and to some extent, you do need a sense of power
to be able to have that happen.
But what I'm trying to do is not be so goal-orientated, Abel is
very goal-orientated. For me, it's less about a goal and more
about a state of mind.
Q: Is there an aspect of "selling out" as you become more
successful in your own career, and take on bigger roles?
A: Between my Llewyn Davis and Abel Morales, the people tend to
admire Abel a lot more, and it's very telling that they pick the
person who's ambitious, goal-orientated, hyper capitalist.
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I think there's been a shift. I'm in "Star Wars" and going to be in
"X-Men," I believe people can say that I've sold out, but I think
there's a different feeling nowadays about 'hey man, you've got to
hustle.' This country is based on the hustle, hustle for your
dollar, whatever you've got to do, and you give props to the person
that hustles the most. There is a sense of whatever you can get away
with, more power to you.
Q: How are you planning to dodge "Star Wars" questions for a year?
Are you allowed to drop any tidbits to satisfy curiosity?
A: No permission to satisfy curiosity. We finished shooting (in
November), and there's a trailer out already so that's just a
testament to JJ (Abrams, the director) and how much he loves what
we've made.
And it's also how much he loves the fans, that after three weeks
being done shooting, he releases a trailer and it's so
representative of what the movie's going to be, which actually has
an intimacy, a vitality to it.
(Editing by Mary Milliken and David Gregorio)
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