Adam Driver
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Actor Adam Driver, who is main Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming movie Megalopolis, says his character’s traits are fairly much like the writer-director himself. The upcoming sci-fi epic is Coppola’s ardour undertaking, which he has additionally self-financed.
Megalopolis is believed to be set in a futuristic metropolis very similar to the Roman Empire and follows an architect named Caesar (Driver), who needs to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating catastrophe. According to the 40-year-old, Caesar’s struggles and philosophy mirror Coppola’s.
“He’s a visionary. He’s very much Francis in a way, where he’s investigated every way how people can do something and is trying not to get stuck on the right answer. That’s an idea that’s moving to me and one that reflects Francis,” Driver instructed The Face journal.
Megalopolis additionally stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Forest Whitaker, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Shia LaBeouf, Chloe Fineman, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, DB Sweeney, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Bailey Ives, Grace Vanderwaal, and James Remar.