Wes Anderson is not a fan of the viral 'Wes Anderson Challenge'

Over the past few months, you might have seen a few videos with the title Wes Anderson Challenge making their rounds on social media.

The trend sees users uploading videos of their day-to-day life that emulate The Royal Tenenbaums director’s distinctive filming style, that is, highly saturated colours and symmetrical framing.

The trend is so popular that even Health Minister Ong Ye Kung got in on the fun. It’s clear lots of people love this challenge.

Not the guy that inspired it, though.

On Saturday (Jun 10), British publication The Times released an interview with Anderson where he revealed his refusal to watch any of the Wes Anderson challenges.

“I’m very good at protecting myself from seeing all that stuff,” he said.

Anderson added: “If somebody sends me something like that I’ll immediately erase it and say, ‘Please, sorry, do not send me things of people doing me.’ Because I do not want to look at it, thinking, ‘Is that what I do? Is that what I mean?’”

“I don’t want to see too much of someone else thinking about what I try to be because, God knows, I could then start doing it.”

In recent weeks, the trend received a further boost in popularity after AI was used to reimagine classic movies like Star Wars and Avatar.
 

Of course, nothing beats the original himself. Fans looking to catch Anderson in his element won’t have to wait for long as his new movie Asteroid City will be released on Jun 22.

Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Hanks, Asteroid City tells the story of how an American desert town gets disrupted by world-changing events.