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The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of legendary concierge Gustave H. and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft of a priceless painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; and a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing continent.
Part of what makes Wes Anderson’s films so iconic is his recurring troupe of talented actors in unforgettable roles and cameos. This gallery takes a look at the actors Anderson can’t stay away from and the roles that defined their collaboration.
Bill MurrayThe iconic actor is a strong supporter of Wes Anderson’s works and has appeared in most of his movies starting their amazing relationship with
Rushmore. For
Rushmore, where Murray portrayed a wealthy industrialist, Anderson revealed to have paid the actor the bare minimum allowed by the Screen Actors Guild ($9,000). Bill Murray has admitted that the part of Steve Zissou in
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was one of the hardest roles he’s ever played and that the main reason he did it was because Wes Anderson was helming it. I’m sure we can all agree that that decision contributed to the cementation of their future collaborations.
Tilda SwintonTilda Swinton arrived relatively late to the Wes Anderson game but has appeared in his last two consecutive films in very different roles. In
Moonrise Kingdom, which has become the movie that defined her collaboration with Anderson, she played Social Services while in
The Grand Budapest Hotel she underwent a major transformation to become an elderly woman who ultimately succumbs to her evil son’s antics.
Adrien BrodySpeaking of Tilda Swinton’s evil son in
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adrien Brody has appeared in three Anderson films:
The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and
The Grand Budapest Hotel. As part of the Whitmans in
Darjeeling, Brody was able to seamlessly implant himself into a project that was so comfortably arranged (both Schwartzman and Owen Wilson had worked with Anderson before). This volatile threesome became inseparable enough that it was hard to imagine the fake brothers to not be a package deal in the movies that followed.
Owen WilsonOwen Wilson has been in seven of Anderson’s eight films. From
Bottle Rocket to
Fantastic Mr. Fox and the newest
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Anderson’s audiences can assume that Wilson is one of his closest colleagues. In fact, Anderson first met the actor at the University of Texas in Austin where they immediately became friends. Wilson’s defining role is, arguably, that of Eli Cash in
The Royal Tenenbaums. This part brought out Owen Wilson’s unmistakable wit, which seems to be lost amongst some of his most uncouth movies.
Anjelica Huston Huston’s roles in Wes Anderson films usually feature her as the matriarch of a quirky family. Along with Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston is one of the seasoned veterans heading Anderson’s great cast of characters. She played part in three of his movies starting with
The Royal Tenenbaums where she perfectly captured his vision for the role. We haven’t seen her in Anderson’s latest films, but she is sure to make an appearance in his future works.
Jason Schwartzman The role of Max Fischer in
Rushmore was the one that defined Jason Schwartzman’s collaboration with Wes Anderson and his acting career in general. When he auditioned for the part, Schwartzman was 17 and dreamed of being a writer, not an actor. Almost ten years after
Rushmore, he co-wrote the script for
The Darjeeling Limited and has been in every Anderson film since.
Luke WilsonAside from helping Owen Wilson express his great comedic timing, another certain Wes Anderson movie also helped launch the successful career of Owen’s brother Luke. Luke Wilson co-starred in
Bottle Rocket and then went on to participate in a slew of Hollywood films that now make up his long roster of accomplishments. Wilson collaborated with Anderson in some of his other movies such as
Rushmore and
The Royal Tenenbaums.
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