Oscar Isaac Offers Musical, Plot Details on Coen Brothers’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
He’ll grab the lead role — and lead guitar — in the upcoming 1960s-set film.
The film, in which he plays a musician named — you guessed it — Llewyn Davis that is loosely based on integral folk singer Dave Van Ronk, was written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and working with the Oscar-winners was a dream come true for Isaac.
“It was bliss. It was complete bliss,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I play a guy that’s down on his luck, but it was very hard to feel that way because I was just always had a smile from ear to ear. I was elated just to be there.”
The film, which tracks a week in Davis’ life in 1960 (or 1961), offered Isaac a chance to show off not only his acting chops but his well-honed guitar skills.
“I’ve been playing for 20 years, so it was kind of the perfect storm of things that came together for me to be a part of it,” he said. “We did all the music live, no playback; it’s like a concert movie. There’s like six or seven songs in it.”
Justin Timberlake also features in the movie, as do Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund and Coen brothers veteran John Goodman.
No word on an official release date, though rumors have it as maybe sometime in February 2013 – Laura
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