The Northman Robert Eggers Changed Viking Dialogue In Edit With Adr
Yet the intense long shots and grueling filming schedule meant that any changes — including dialogue — were confined to the editing room. So, as Eggers and Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón enlisted actors Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, and Björk, to ADR certain lines, the script had to match their original mouth movements per each scene. In an interview with Vulture, Eggers explained, “You’re like, ‘Okay, we’ve got 18 syllables....