If you liked Hyperion you should read The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Or maybe you have. It's not really that similar, but for some reason the two always reminded me of each other for inexplicable reasons.

I really can't tell if you're trolling or not.

I heard that Malick didn't even tell Brody that he was no longer the protagonist and had been cut down to, like, three shots in the entire film. So Brody went around telling everyone he was the lead in the "new Malick film" and didn't find out otherwise until the premiere.