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Jed Cullen/Dave Bennett/Getty ImagesBrutalist Director Brady Corbebet It opens to the realities of life as a well -known director.
The 36 -year -old Corbet revealed on Monday, February 17 episode of “The”WTF with Podcast Marc Maron“That he has made ‘zero income’ from the movie that has Won 10 Oscar nominationsIncluding the best photo, the best director and the best original scenario. Corbeta who co -author Brutalist with the spouse Mona FastHe also celebrated a director’s award at the Golden Globe Awards in January.
“I just directed three ads in Portugal,” Corbett told Host Mark MaronS “For the first time I had made money from years.”
He noted that he and Fastvold, 38, “made zero dollars of the last two films we made.”
When the 61 -year -old Maron reacted with surprise, Corbet confirmed: “Yes. Actually zero. We just had to live from a salary three years ago. “
Brutalist stars Adrian Brody Like the fictional Lasho Tot, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and survived the Holocaust, who emigrated to America after World War II. Felicity Jones Tot’s wife plays. So far, Brody, 51, has won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Critics Award for the role; The Oscar Award may be next if the actor triumphs at the March 2 ceremony in Los Angeles.
In his interview with WTF, Corbett said he was not paid to promote the movie – a difficult time commitment, especially during the awards season.
“I want to say that our movie is premiere in September,” he said. “So I’ve been doing this for six months. And I had zero income because I don’t have time to go to work. “
Corbet compares promotion Brutalist to “six -month interrogation”, with “boundless” media interviews. “This is a constant trip and you are also working on Saturday and Sunday,” he said. “I didn’t have a day off from Christmas.”
The screenwriter added that he was not alone in his financial struggle.
“I talked to many movie makers who have films that have been nominated this year who can’t pay their rent,” he said. “I mean it’s a real thing.”
Corbet took eight years to get Brutalist From a screen page and he made his passionate project for less than $ 10 million. Ever since he hit the theaters in December, he raised $ 31 million in the world box office.
“I am very grateful”, Brody said US Weekly Other reporters in the press of Beverly Hilton after his victory “Golden Globe” last month. “I had a very blessed career, but as you can see, it’s still a challenge to find a job that is as meaningful as this.”
“The fact that you can again have a triumph in your life is incredibly healing and rewarding,” Brody said, noting that the movie “talks about my family’s struggles and the difficulties they have encountered.”