Still, it’s impossible not to be internally delighted that Wes Anderson really does dress and act like a Wes Anderson character in real life. “I was like, ‘There's some chemical thing happening here with Benicio.’”The Phoenician Scheme is a movie formed around Benicio del Toro. Both Asteroid City and The Phoenician Scheme deal with themes of death and mortality, but The Phoenician Scheme delves a little bit more into spirituality and religion. Wes Anderson on the set of The Phoenician Scheme. Focus FeaturesWhen I'm making a movie what I'm focusing on is the story, the characters, what's different about that movie.