How did you find this story?
David Lowery: It was a true story about this guy whose life was too good to be true in terms of a narrative.
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April 2016
Q&A with Don Cheadle and Emayatzy Corinealdi
This is not a typical biopic in that you mainly focus on the darkest period of his life. Why did you choose that window?
Don Cheadle: He just shut down his music for five years. I thought, what’s happening there?
September 2015
Q&A with Denis Villeneuve, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, and Roger Deakins
There have been other stories about the cartels and the drug war. Why did you want to tell this particular story?
Denis Villeneuve: For me it’s not a movie about cartels. I don’t think anyone will learn new things about cartels from this film.
July 2025
Q&A with Sophie Brooks, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Molly Gordon
Sophie, let’s start with the genesis: how did this project begin?
Sophie Brooks: It really does feel like a miracle when an indie gets made. We almost made this movie in 2020 and thought, “this is easy,” but it ended up taking another four and a half years.
May 2024
Q&A with Jane Shoenbrun and Brigette Lundy-Paine
Speaking of actually having a greater scale and a greater budget, what was the coolest special effect that you got to deploy in this film?
JS: I mean, I loved making the monsters. From the very beginning, I remember thinking, for the next film? Let’s go monsters.