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I'll be honest, it didn't take much to sell me on "The Northman." The stunning look of it, the particular period setting, the epic scale, its gritty edge all of those things are right up my alley. And then there's the film's director, Robert Eggers. I loved his 2015 debut feature "The Witch." And while I was pretty lukewarm on his 2019 follow-up "The Lighthouse," it was still an audacious bit of maverick filmmaking.
Director Robert Eggers explains how he created a realistic volcano crater for the naked lava battle in The Northman and why he needed CG to both erase and enhance the actors’ junk.