Steven Spielberg Tells Colbert He ‘Burst Into Tears’ When He First Saw Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as His Parents
thewrap.com@thefabelmans, director Steven Spielberg describes what it was like to step on set and see Michelle Williams and Paul Dano portraying his parents. #Colbert pic.twitter.com/0vH87rcYqX“I thought it was going to be routine,” Spielberg said. “I’ve done it a million times.
I know what the first day of shooting is like to get the cast assembled and to figure out the blocking of the first thing you’re about to shoot.”But he hadn’t yet seen Williams and Dano together in costume.
When he did, something very unusual happened:“On the first day of shooting, Mark Bridges came over to me and said, ‘I got Paul and Michelle here, in their hair, makeup, and costumes.’ And I was talking to I think Christy, and so I turned around and there was my father and mother, and I just bursted into tears,” Spielberg said.Spielberg said Willams and Dano ran to him and embraced him with a hug and held him, overwhelmed with emotion.
Spielberg told Colbert he was thinking about telling the story of “The Fabelmans” for years, and realized he had been putting segments of the story into other films.
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