This interview is new to me.  It’s fascinating listening to Brady & Mona talk about what influenced them to write this script (and it’s not the Jean-Paul Sartre novel as many kept trying to tell me), what happened with cast changes, how it was to work with actors.  There’s no specific mention about Rob, but it’s definitely worth listening to this podcast to hear some background to this film. Click on the pic to listen.

From FRED:

“FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews director Brady Corbet and screenwriter Mona Fastvold on the film THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER, which they presented in the ORIZZONTI section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. The film is a very ambitious and arduous project, and the two tell us about what they went through in order to get this very powerful vision together. They also mention the many influences from art and history that shaped the final piece, and discuss the stylistic choices as well as their work with the cast.”