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‘Everything is Extra!’: Adam Driver Put on Weight and Had a ‘Back-Up Stomach’ for Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’
Manori Ravindran International Editor “Everything is extra!” blurts out Don Cheadle at the press conference for “White Noise” at the Venice Film Festival. The Noah Baumbach-directed film, an adaptation of the 1985 Don DeLillo novel, opens the Italian festival on Wednesday night, and is nothing if not theatrical, as its cast members explained at length before the screening. “When [Baumbach] started re-reading the book, I did too,” said Greta Gerwig, who is Baumbach’s real-life partner. “[The writing] has this quality that makes you want to say, ‘Listen to this!’ and read sections out loud. There’s a performative quality to it; you want to share with other people. It seemed to be both emotionally and intellectually exciting.”
