The way RDJ says "fuck" after receiving the threat letter from Zodiac isn't just the most realistic use of the word in any movie ever, it's also RDJ's best acting in any movie ever
In my humble opinion, this is _by far_ RDJ's absolute best performance, and I think it's a shame that he doesn't seem to bother taking on more roles in incredible films such as this one anymore. His performances as Tony Stark always came off as being a bit too similar to his actual personality to me.
3:27, that freakout feels so genuine and realistic; there's a reason Fincher does bunches of takes for the actors to become natural to their performances.
@@DerelictCountry Yes, but Fincher is famously known for being a perfectionist and filming a _shitload_ of takes for every single scene, even ones as simple as a character just walking through a door. It got to the point where RDJ became extremely pissed after doing something for the 70th time, and he vowed to never work with Fincher again.
At the time, Mark had achieved much in his career while Robert was merely a recovered drug addict people did not wanna work with. That all changed of course after Iron Man.
The whole paper seemed to disrespect him for being a cartoonist, unless maybe they just found his personality irritating. Notice in the early scenes that the old guy doesn't seem to want him staying in the editorial room. The only reason he went in was to hand his drawings to the editor. Right before that, the secretary assumes when she sees him with his head down to think that he's spacing off and not doing his work. After the editing room scene, he says something that goes completely ignored by everyone in earshot and then Paul invites the same people out for drinks and some of those same people went. I think they were establishing that he's an outsider, and this was before Paul gets annoyed that he's looming. There's also a scene where Paul shakes his hand and Graysmith says he's been there several months, which probably eliminates the possibility that it's just because he's the new guy. It wasn't until they got a second cipher like Graysmith predicted, which previously got him side eye treatment, that Paul paid any attention to him. So I think when he was giving Graysmith information, it's like he didn't want the editorial department to know he was sharing information with the office goofball. And I think "Who would I tell?" implies that he doesn't mingle much at work because either he gets involved in his work or they're disinterested in him because he's lower down the priority list.
