By the way , the cast ofAsteroid Cityis STACKED with people like Jason Schwartzman , Scarlett Johansson , Tom Hanks , Jeffrey Wright , Tilda Swinton , Bryan Cranston , Edward Norton , Adrien Brody , Maya Hawke , Steve Carell , Hong Chau , Willem Dafoe , Margot Robbie , and Jeff Goldblum , just to name a few …
In case you haven’t heard of it yet,Asteroid Cityis the next aesthetically pleasing, quirky film from filmmakerWes Anderson— best known forThe Grand Budapest Hotel,Rushmore,The Royal Tenenbaums, and a bunch of other cute and charming films.
And if you don’t spend a million minutes a day on TikTok like ~some of us~ do, you should know there’s been a popularWes Anderson trendcirculating on the app for over a month.
The trend basically has people romanticizing simple, everyday life byemulating Wes Anderson’s film stylein their TikTok videos — i.e., making shots symmetrical, using specific color palettes, and, of course, setting it all to a song from Anderson’s last film,The French Dispatch.
And in a very meta move, the cast of Anderson’sAsteroid Cityrecently collaborated with popular TikToker Reece Feldman (@guywithamoviecamera) to jump on the trend. Check it out:
when you do the Wes Anderson style with the cast of Wes Anderson ’s new movie#AsteroidCity(shot and produced by @guywithamoviecamera )
The video opens with, of course, the trend’s opening joke line:
Then we get a shot of Scarlett Johansson simply putting on some headphones.
Rupert Friend leans into Maya Hawke for a quirky whisper we are not privy to.
Bryan Cranston makes a serious appearance in a very nice-looking chair.
Then Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, and Jake Ryan time their looks to camera perfectly with the soundtrack.
Steve Park simply pours a glass of water for Jeffrey Wright.
And finally, we get this funny overhead shot of a plant that Jake Ryan holds.
And there you have it. Simple, to the point, and very meta. If you wanna see the REAL Wes Anderson aesthetic,Asteroid Cityhits select theaters on June 16 and opens everywhere on June 23. Check out the official trailer here:
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