Michelle Williams shocked when Steven Spielberg reached out about The Fabelmans

Michelle Williams couldn’t comprehend Steven Spielberg’s desire to cast her in his new film The Fabelmans.

In Spielberg’s coming-of-age drama picture, which is largely based on his childhood in Arizona, the Brokeback Mountain actress plays opposite Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Julia Butters.

Williams told Variety that she was taken aback when the filmmaker approached her about playing a fictionalised version of his mother.

“We were sitting around the house in COVID, with one day looking a lot like the next, and my phone beeped, and I had a message that Steven wanted to talk to me,” she said. “I couldn’t comprehend that he might want to work with me. I thought he had a question or something. Then he got on the Zoom and told me that he wanted me to play this person, his mama.”

The fact that the Fosse/Verdon star grew up watching the Jurassic Park director’s films and dreamed of working with him one day helped push her as she grew older.

“I’ve been doing this since I was 12,” the 41-year-old stated. “I’ve had a lot of different experiences in this profession, but this felt like the ultimate.”

When asked to describe the film, which is released in November, she added, “It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s kind of everything. It’s the muchness of life. We’re trying to reflect all of that.”

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