Christopher Nolan banned chairs, water bottles on Dunkirk set

Los Angeles July 29 (IANS) Actor Mark Rylance says that he and his co-stars Fionn Whitehead Harry Styles and Tom Hardy were not allowed chairs and water bottles on the set of "Dunkirk".

Rylance says Nolan has various idiosyncrasies as a director.

"Very much so; he s very particular about using film and everything being real in front of the camera so there were a lot of old techniques used in this film to make it look real. The flames on the water and men swimming in them; he really wants to minimize the amount of post-production and CGI stuff " Rylance told independent.co.uk.

"He does things like he doesn t like having chairs on set for actors or bottles of water he s very particular " he added.

Further talking why Nolan banned chairs and water bottles Rylance s co-star Barry Keoghan said: "They re distractions -- the noise of (the bottles) they re like toys almost playing around with toys. (The lack of chairs meanwhile) keeps you on your toes literally."

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