Can you talk about the process developing the physical look of the character?
Riz Ahmed: Ruben is someone, like Lou, who is trying to construct his identity, as many of us do.
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Can you talk about the process developing the physical look of the character?
Riz Ahmed: Ruben is someone, like Lou, who is trying to construct his identity, as many of us do.
The people you speak with are so engaging, and so sincere. How well did you know them before you started shooting?
Clive Oppenheimer: I only knew Simon Schaffer, who is a historian of science in Cambridge.
How did you guys come up with the idea for this project?
Max Barbakow: It was a hipster death bender movie.
How did you find the book this film is based on, and what attracted you to adapting it?
Thomas Bezucha: The novel “Let Him Go” was written by Larry Watson, who I’ve been a fan of for well over twenty years.
Can you talk about your scriptwriting and research process?
Writing can come with all sorts of weird blocks, so part of it for me is outsmarting those blocks