that includes channing tatum, mark ruffalo and vanessa redgrave. director bennet miller, whose other films, "capote" and "moneyball," were both nominated for academy awards, spent eight years working on "foxcatcher." he didn't want anyone obvious to play dupont. he was looking for someone benign and non-threatening who had never shot anyone in a movie before. when carell's name came up, miller booked a lunch. >> bennett miller: to be totally honest with you, right after our first lunch, something inside of me just clicked. you know, the coin dropped and i thought, "oh, i could see that. i want that." >> kroft: what happened at the lunch? what did he do during the lunch? what did he say during the lunch that made you think that he was right? >> miller: deadly serious. deadly, deadly serious. somebody who had read the script and had done some research. and part of it is a commitment, knowing that you're both feet in. and that it might not necessarily be easy, but that, "i get it. and whatever it takes."

welcome. -- vanessa redgrave. welcome.tell me what it was that caught your attention when you first heard this story. >> well, eight years ago a stranger approached me in the store and handed me an envelope that contained newspaper clippings of this story. and it took me almost no time after reading the first story, the first clipping that something i wanted to do. and what it was, i mean, it's a long time ago. but looking back on it, there's elements of my other films that have these outsider characters who have been alienated and have got some great ambition that is meant to remedy the problem of their life. but this particular one had, you know, an allegory underneath it that spoke to me. that had something to do with class and wealth and entitlement. and country. family. i mean so many things woven into it. and i just couldn't put it down. >> sounds like a bit of shakespeare and a bit of a hell of a movie. >> it did to me. i read the script and i was-- i thought it was-- incredible. and an opportunity to work with benn

them and vanessa redgrave. market containing the things from this story and it took me almost no time after reading the first living that it was something i wanted to do. ago, backy long time on it, there are elements of hamlet. it has these pathetic characters who been alienated and have -- elements of my other films. it has these pathetic characters that have been alienated. this particular one has an allegory underneath it that spoke to me. it had something to do with class and wealth and entitlement and country, family. there are so many things woven into it and i just cannot put it down. >> sounds like a bit of shakespeare. >> it did to me. i read the script and i thought it was incredible. the opportunity to work with bennett was a huge component. because his work speaks for itself or it is really good. it's -- itself. he is really good. to be a part of that world is an honor. he tends to cast against the grain. me, i doin terms of not think i was on any list for this role. and i think that bennett took a