"I rarely get affected … but I was in a really bad place," said the actor, who is in another film playing in Cannes competition, "Under the Silver Lake." "And Spike came over and spent some time with me and said: 'Don't worry. Whatever I'm asking you to do is in service of a message [your character] agrees with.' There are zero other directors other than Spike that I would play this role for."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 15, 2018 15:45 UTC