I have been waiting years for this movie. Because I’m a Gilliam-obsessive, and because Tom Waits plays the Devil.
Heath Ledger died in the middle of filming it, but because it takes place across multiple dimensions or otherworldly realms—and because his character wears a mask each time he travels between them—Gilliam was able to cast a different actor in the role of Tony in each world. And he managed to line up a dream team of Jude Law, Johnny Depp, and Colin Farrell to help fill Ledger’s shoes.
I suspect a second posthumous Oscar is in order.
