The Pale Blue Eye star Christian Bale has spoken on how the new Netflix movie rewards viewers with a second viewing.
The soon-to-be-released film sees the Oscar-winner play a world-weary detective called Augustus Landor who is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet.
During the movie – and no need to worry, there are no spoilers here – there is a big reveal that changes what viewers thought they were watching.
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Reflecting on the turn of events, Bale exclusively told Digital Spy: "That is something that we all enjoyed, hoping that people get to, and there are little crumbs throughout that hopefully will be enjoyed on second viewing.
"[Director] Scott [Cooper] and I talk about that on every single film we've done, but obviously much more pertinent for this one than the others.
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"But we always talk about, 'What if someone sees this a second time? Let's do something that they can notice again that they didn't before.'"
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Fellow star Lucy Boynton went on to explain: "I think it's such a rare opportunity as an actor to be that technical about first watch, second watch differences and as Scott keeps saying, to drop the breadcrumbs throughout."
Gillian Anderson – who plays Julia Marquis – added of her own character: "Mrs Marquis, we only really get a few opportunities to show aspects of herself. She's full-on and I'm not sure whether the explosions that she has necessarily can be read any differently than how she presents them, other than is it real or is she trying to change the subject in a way.
"Are we getting too close to something that she doesn't want to be discussed? I actually can't wait to see it again to watch what everybody was doing."
The Pale Blue Eye is out now in select cinemas and will be available to stream on Netflix from January 6, 2023.
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