Entertainment News'Spotlight': 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

‘Spotlight’: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Here are 5 fast facts you need to know about the Academy Award winning movie Spotlight.

The fight for Best Picture this year has eight movies in the category, featuring stars from Matt Damon to Leonardo DiCaprio to Ryan Gosling. At the Oscars, it’s the award we all wait for, so why wait any longer? The winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture is … Spotlight .

Spotlight is the true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

But, what’s Spotlight? Here’s 5 fast facts you should know

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While Spotlight was just a script, a director, and a casting director. Project Casting shared the open casting call breakdown for the Academy Award winning movie.

4. The set was identical to the real Boston Globe offices

During an interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air”, director Tom McCarthy said that they built a large set to depict many of the Boston Globe offices where parts of the story takes place. When the reporters depicted in the movie first visited the set, they gravitated to the desks where they had been sitting during the writing of the “Spotlight” piece, and many of them started to re-arrange the items on their desks to the way they had been at the time.

3. Michael Keaton was an amazing actor

When Michael Keaton accepted the role, he had tracked the real Walter Robinson before meeting him and found out he actually lived near Robinson’s house. He also gotten hold of video and audio of Robinson. When Keaton first met him he did an impression of him that Robinson was so scared and said to him, “How did you know everything about me, we just met?”

The real Walter Robinson later said, “It is like watching yourself in a mirror, yet having no control of the mirror image.”

2. The secret actor that goes uncredited

Actor Richard Jenkins played the voice of ex-priest and psychiatrist Richard Sipe. Neither the character of Richard Sipe nor actor Richard Jenkins is credited in the film

1 . Michael Ruffalo is a perfectionist on set

During every break, Mark Ruffalo asked the real Michael Rezendes to say his lines for him.

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Megan Diane
Megan Dianehttps://www.projectcasting.com
Hi, I'm Megan Browne, the Head of Partnerships at Project Casting - a job board for the entertainment industry. As Head of Partnerships, I help businesses find the best talent for their influencer campaigns, photo shoots, and film productions. Creating these partnerships has enabled me to help businesses scale and reach their true potential. I'm excited to continue driving growth by connecting people with projects they're passionate about.

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