{"id":3025,"date":"2017-06-20T19:54:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/06\/20\/blade-runner-2049-director-says-he-made-peace-with-prospect-of-failure\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T19:54:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:54:55","slug":"blade-runner-2049-director-says-he-made-peace-with-prospect-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/06\/20\/blade-runner-2049-director-says-he-made-peace-with-prospect-of-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blade Runner 2049&#8217; Director Says He &#8220;Made Peace&#8221; With Prospect of Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-post-summary\"><em>Alex Ritman \/ The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-post-summary\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"blog-post-deck\">\n<div class=\"blog-post-summary\">Denis Villeneuve also claimed that while Ridley Scott wasn&#8217;t on set, he was a constant looming presence.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"blog-post-body js-fitvids-content\">Stepping into the shoes of one of the world&#8217;s most iconic directors for the sequel to one of the most celebrated of cult classics \u2013 and some 35 years after the original \u2013 must be a daunting task for any filmmaker, and it&#8217;s one Denis Villeneuve hasn&#8217;t taken lightly.But speaking to\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0<\/em>on the sidelines of the CineEurope trade show in Barcelona, the director revealed that he and his star had come to turns with the enormity of taking on the long-awaited\u00a0<em>Blade Runner<\/em>\u00a0sequel,\u00a0<em>Blade Runner 2049.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ryan Gosling and I made peace with the idea that the chances of success were very narrow,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I came on board because the script was very strong. But no matter what you do, no matter how good what you\u2019re doing is, the film will always be compared to the first, which is a masterpiece. So I made peace with that. And when you make piece with that, you are free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although Villenueve said he &#8220;had a lot of fun&#8221; making\u00a0<em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 which also stars a returning Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, plus Jared Leto, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Dave Bautista and Robin Wright \u2013 the director of\u00a0<em>Arrival<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Sicario<\/em>\u00a0admitted that it was the &#8220;biggest artistic challenge&#8221; of his career to date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To take Ridley Scott&#8217;s universe and try to make it my own was a really big task for me,&#8221; he said. As for Scott, the cinema legend gave Villeneuve what he described as the &#8220;biggest gift of all, which is freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said, it&#8217;s your movie. 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