Date 25/11/2015 - News People
The actor, who is the subject of awards chatter for his performance as an amoral real estate agent in Ramin Bahrani's drama, talks how he chooses roles and why he agreed to star in the Seth Rogen comedy 'The Night Before.' This story first appeared in a special awards season issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. When Michael Shannon first met filmmaker Ramin Bahrani at the Venice Film Festival several years ago, he expressed a desire to work together. But it wasn't until Bahrani's recent home foreclosure drama 99 Homes ? which Bahrani wrote with the actor in mind ? that it happened.
