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No Country for Old Men, Javier Bardem & Method Acting
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Learning that cattle are humanely killed with a pneumatic bolt — the same device Anton Chigurh wields in No Country for Old Men — sends Joe and Scott into an extended appreciation of Javier Bardem's performance. Joe calls it one of the single best he's ever seen, rooted in genuine belief. Scott reflects on playing a villain for Guy Ritchie in Wrath of Man, describing it as liberating and admitting he was 'loose' and 'tying up loose ends.' Joe asks whether Scott has to think like a greedy person before each scene; Scott says yes, manifesting the emotion and then consciously releasing it at the end of the day. He credits his father Clint's philosophy — it's a job, do it well, leave it at the door — for keeping his own psychology intact, contrasting it with Jim Carrey's experience playing Andy Kaufman and Jared Leto's method approach to the Joker.
