Animal coordinator Andrew Simpson has the job other people invent at ten. Then David Ayer’s Heart of the Beast showed up with Brad Pitt, a combat German Shepherd named Odin, and New Zealand standing in for Alaska. In this AMFM exclusive, Managing Editor Paul Salfen talks to Simpson about the surreal set days, why listening is the rare half of animal work, the Hail Mary that sent 13 wolves to Siberia at minus 60, and why he is not sure a real animal will still have a place in cinema five years from now. Heart of the Beast — in theaters now from Paramount Pictures.
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A Lot Of People Talk To Animals. Not Many People Listen.
Animal coordinator Andrew Simpson tells Paul Salfen why Heart of the Beast — Brad Pitt, a combat dog named Odin, and New Zealand standing in for Alaska — was a no-brainer, and why he is not sure a real animal will still have a place in cinema five years from now.
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