CS Video: The Nocturnal Animals Cast

November 18, 2016

CS sits down with Nocturnal Animals cast members Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Beginning to hit theaters today, Focus Features‘ Nocturnal Animals marks the second feature film from writer and director Tom Ford who, in 2009, released his debut feature, A Single Man. The previous film earned leading man Colin Firth an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The Nocturnal Animals could very well garner similar awards attention with its ensemble include five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams (American Hustle, The Master), fellow nominees Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain, Nightcrawler) and Michael Shannon (Man of Steel, Take Shelter) as well as Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Godzilla, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Isla Fisher (The Great Gatsby, Now You See Me).

CS sat down with Gyllenhaal, Shannon and Taylor-Johnson who all have one thing in common in the film: They’re part of a narrative within a narrative (Gyllenhaal also plays the inner fiction’s author) in Ford’s delicately-layered thriller that serves as a multi-faceted meditation on loss, grief and revenge. Check out the full Nocturmal Animals cast interviews in the player below!

Based on the novel “Tony and Susan” by Austin Wright, Nocturnal Animals opens in select cities November 18, in additional cities November 23 and in theaters nationwide December 9. The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, September 11.

The Nocturnal Animals cast also includes Karl Glusman (Love, The Neon Demon), Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger, The Social Network), Laura Linney (The Savages, Kinsey), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, Oblivion) and Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex, Midnight in Paris).