Consequence | How John Malkovich Manipulates The Music In Opus
12 Mar 2025
Consequence | How John Malkovich Manipulates The Music In Opus
In a wide-ranging interview with Consequence, acting legend John Malkovich and debut director Mark Anthony Green lift the lid on the making of Opus, the A24 thriller that has been turning heads since its release.
Malkovich plays Alfred Moretti, a reclusive pop icon who lures a group of journalists - led by Ayo Edebiri - to his remote compound for the exclusive first listen of his long-awaited new album. What begins as a career-defining scoop quickly unravels into something far darker, a cultish descent that Green describes as a "cautionary tale about tribalism."
Central to the film's power is its music. Green calls it something of a miracle that he was able to recruit Nile Rodgers and The-Dream - two of the most formidable creative forces in modern music - to write and produce the original songs that give Alfred Moretti his sound, and the film its unsettling pulse. For Malkovich, the experience of working alongside them was unlike anything in his celebrated career:
