Adam Driver starring opposite Scarlett Johansson of the wonderful Marriage Story has left half an interview with the radio program Fresh air of the American station NPR while a fragment of the film was played.
Adam Driver, who has already communicated to Terry Gross that he preferred that fragments of the film in which he appeared not be reproduced (as reported by TheDailyBeast), felt very uncomfortable and left the radio studio without further notice when Gross ignored his request.
During the meeting, held at the beginning of the month, the actor could not bear to listen to himself and, more specifically, to have to witness the scene in which his character, Charlie Barber, performs the song being alive during the final bars of Marriage story, recently nominated in the category of best film at the Golden Globes 2020 (Adam Driver is also nominated for best actor in a drama.)
For luck or misfortune, it seems that listeners will not be able to hear the moment in which Adam Driver left the studio NPR New Yorker. The news of the actor's unusual reaction has been revealed by the program's own executive producer, Danny Miller, who has confirmed that the actor left in the middle of the interview:
"We really don't understand why he left," Miller said in an email echoed by The Daily Beast. And he continues: "We were really looking forward to the interview, he was a wonderful guest when he was on the show in 2015, so we are very disappointed not to have a new interview with him to promote Story of a marriage”.
Adam Driver: a phobia that had already been reported
If we take a look at that interview from four years ago in Fresh air, we will see that The aforementioned issue of the discomfort that Adam Driver feels when listening to or seeing himself on screen has already been brought up. Gross and Driver had a pleasant reunion, although at a certain point, Driver politely refused to listen to an excerpt starring him.
After being asked about it ("Does it make you uncomfortable to listen to you?"), Driver replied as follows:
"Yes. I've heard or seen it before and always hated it. I wish I could change it, but you can't. I think I have a tendency to try to make things better or to drive myself and the people around me crazy with the things I want to change or would like to change.'
In other words, those responsible for the program Fresh air they were more than aware of the phobia felt by the leading actor of Marriage Story when seen on screen. Precisely this term, «phobia», was used by Michael Schulman in the complete report that The New Yorker dedicated to him a few months ago to the fashionable actor in Hollywood.
story of a marriage, premiered on November 22, is a clear contender for best film of the year along with Parasite, The Irishman, Joker or Once upon a time in Hollywood. Adam Driver will have a new opportunity not to be seen in theaters starting tomorrow with the premiere of star wars: the rise of skywalker, where he plays Kylo Ren.