Iggy Pop

When an actor works with Terrence Malick it means throwing out everything they’ve ever learned in drama school or on a film set. Whatever script they might have initially read goes out the window, and Malick asks his performers to just, be. Maybe he’ll hand an actor a scrap of paper with am aphorism written across it. Maybe he’ll give them some minor stage direction, then let the camera follow from there. Michael Fassbender recently described Malick’s style as giving his cast “flavors as opposed to direct commands or instructions.” Some actors love it; others notoriously hate it.

The more we hear about ‘CBGB,’ the more we think it could shape up to be a definitive look at an iconic rock club in its prime. The latest casting bit reveals that Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins will play Iggy Pop in the film, a significant figure from the club’s early days.