Christoph Waltz: 'Every other director is a nightmare boss'

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Starring as a “nightmare boss” in the new Prime Video show “The Consultant,” Christoph Waltz tells Newsweek how he’s dealt with tricky directors in the past. Read more:

Luckily for him, he's had plenty of experience to draw on, he toldWaltz has worked prolifically across Europe and America for decades and has come across a fair few"idiot" directors in his time. While he didn't specify who these were, Waltz has acted under some of the biggest names in movies, including Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro and Woody Allen.

He said that when he was a"young testosterone bomb" he was willing to take on the fight, but now, as a 66-year-old, he prefers to"take a step back."a new dark-comedy drama that arrives on Prime Video Friday February 24. Based from Bentley Little's book of the same name,He opened up toabout some of his own experiences dealing with difficult bosses, as the characters in his new show have to.Waltz plays mysterious and intense consultant Regus Patoff in.

Christoph Waltz plays mysterious and menacing consultant Regus Patoff in the new Prime Video show"The Consultant."He said,"We were lucky in this case, but in the theater, you kind of force yourself through weeks of rehearsal with this idiot. The excitement for the premiere [and] the adrenaline will help you, but what do you do on the second night?"

Waltz did not specify the show or experience he was referring to, but continued with his train of thought:"You think, 'I'm stuck. And this, you know, [person] is escaping scot-free." The actor brought up more examples of frustrating exchanges with bosses, including"discussions with directors, with producers, sometimes even with writers, where you say, 'Sorry, that doesn't really make sense, because earlier you said—Not with Tony."creator Basgallop, who was also present speaking toWaltz had appeared on the stage and screen since the 1970s across his native Austria and Germany.

 

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