Green is a formerGQwriter and editor.
In sum, a quintessential offbeat Malkovich character.
He also took some inspiration from the Shakers.
(L-R) Stephanie Suganami, Tatanka Means, John Malkovich, Mark Anthony Green, Ayo Edebiri, Juliette Lewis on MondayArturo Holmes/Getty Images
Green says they believed in craft.
Of great importance for Green was having Malkovich sing.
I insisted that the first thing he do was that John sing a song, he said.
A24 ponied up and it all went down during pre-production.
I was like holy sh*t. This is Ariel, I freaked out.
I mailed this to my exec at A24, and said, This is her!
Then the show came out and everyone was like This is her!'
