Ron Howard took a big risk of taking on crime thriller Eden.
The Oscar-winning instructor was the way out of his comfort zone. Howard is known for his biographical dramas like Apollo 13 (1995), Frost/Nixon (2008), and A Beautiful Mind (2001).
But Eden was inspired by a real story, and the instructor was thinking of doing it 15 years ago during a holiday to the Galápagos Islands.
“This movie was a great creative risk,” he told Page six On a cinema society screening. “It was outside my comfort zone.”
He noted that most of his films are “festive” while this Eden is a “caution.
“It’s a real criminal thriller, and I’m so proud of it,” he said.
The film plays Jude Law, Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas and Daniel Bruhl in lead roles. The story follows the group, which are European posted, setting up in Floreana, part of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador.
Soon, a race begins for power and they become the greatest danger to each other.
When he remembered how he got inspiration for the film, Howard said, “We went to the Museum of the Galápagos, and a whole room was dedicated to this true crime triller, and the story was so fascinating.”
“I started reading all I could; that’s all we talked about for dinner. I was so fascinated by it. I literally started emptying a movie overview of my Blackberry,” he shared.
Ron Howards Eden is now in cinemas.
