Conversations with Joel Edgerton (2015)

<p>Career Q&amp;A with Joel Edgerton. &nbsp;Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Joel Edgerton currently stars as John Connolly in BLACK MASS alongside Johnny Depp. &nbsp;He was honored for his performance as Tom Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby,” Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. &nbsp;Edgerton won Australian Film Institute (AFI) and Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Awards and was nominated for an Australian Film Critics Association Award, all in the category of Best Supporting Actor.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Edgerton more recently directed, wrote, produced and starred in the psychological thriller “The Gift,” also starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. &nbsp;The independent film delivered tremendously, with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score and an opening weekend of $12 million. &nbsp;He also starred opposite Christian Bale in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>Edgerton’s upcoming credits include starring roles in Jeff Nichols’ sci-fi thriller “Midnight Special,” and Gavin O’Connor’s Western “Jane Got a Gun,” with Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. &nbsp;He is currently reunited with Nichols on the fact-based drama “Loving,” about the couple whose challenge to Virginia’s interracial marriage ban led to a landmark Supreme Court case.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In 2012, Edgerton gained international attention with his role in Kathryn Bigelow’s award winning true-life drama “Zero Dark Thirty.” &nbsp;That same year, he starred opposite Jennifer Garner in Peter Hedges’ “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” and in “Wish You Were Here,” winning an FCCA Award for Best Actor. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>His other recent film credits include the drama “Felony,” which he also wrote and produced and which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival; Gavin O’Connor’s drama “Warrior,” with Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte; the horror thriller “The Thing,” the prequel to John Carpenter’s cult classic; and David Michôd’s “Animal Kingdom,” fo