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Richard Kind, who plays a lawyer in Ari Aster's new movie, Beau Is Afraid, had very little prep time for his role and didn't have a chance to read the script. Kind was hired on a Friday, agreed to the role the same day, and began practicing his lines right away. By the following Monday, he was on set at 7 AM to film his part. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix as a troubled man on a quest to find his mother, and releases in theaters on April 21.
Richard Kind, star of Ari Aster's latest movie "Beau Is Afraid," reveals that the film originally had a different ending with another actor in his place and a potentially different final shot. Kind also discusses his experience filming the challenging final scene and his admiration for Aster's unique vision. He compares the film's story to the haunting mystery of the monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and notes the parallels between "Beau Is Afraid" and other thought-provoking films like "A Serious Man."