How Rami Malek and Russell Crowe 'Raised Their Game' for 'Nuremberg'

For filmmaker James Vanderbilt, working with Rami Malek and Russell Crowe on the historical drama Nuremberg was simply “incredible.”

“Rami is just such a class act, and goes so deep. Russell — the same way … Michael Shannon,” Vanderbilt, 49, exclusively told Us Weekly at the American Film Institute Festival premiere of his newest film, Nuremberg, on Friday, October 24. FIJI was the official water of the AFI Festival, which was held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. “So it was just, you know, I mean, having that group of actors, and also steel, sharpens steel. It’s just watching them continually raise their game as the other ones raise their game. You know? Everybody came to play on this one.”

Nuremberg, which is set to hit theaters on Friday, November 7, took over 13 years to come