On Saturday at Cannes, Sebastian Stan sat for a long-form Deadline Q&A the day after Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord', co-starring Stan and Renate Reinsve, took the Palme d'Or. Stan, who flew straight from Los Angeles to Cannes for the premiere, discussed jumping into the Mungiu-style improvised shoot in Norway and his ongoing work on Matt Reeves' 'The Batman Part II' in London, where he plays The Penalty alongside Robert Pattinson's Batman.
It's a rare window into Stan's run of the year: an arthouse Palme-winner, a tentpole DC sequel, and the post-'Apprentice' awards conversation still hanging over him. Cannes auteur cinema and London-based blockbuster work in the same sentence is exactly the kind of career-arc moment the host loves.
Cristian Mungiu became the eighth filmmaker in Cannes history to win the Palme d'Or twice, joining Coppola, Imamura, Loach, the Dardennes, Haneke, Östlund, and Bille August.