The writer-director of the No. 1 movie at the box office explains how he tackled the film's surprise storyline and casting choices.
but it was one of those things that you assume will never be able to happen and it would’ve been sad for me to manufacture some sort of fictional approximation,” Cregger explained torecently over Zoom. “And one of the benefits of having competent producers is that they said, ‘Why don’t we see if we can get the real deal?’”but also the byline of editor-at-large Kim Masters, whose name is visible atop the expose penned about Long’s character.
“Having Kim Masters as the author of the article is the ultimate. Kim has just been way ahead of the curve on exposing the toxic nature of the power dynamic that’s at play in Hollywood when it comes to men and sexual misconduct,” Cregger explains of the veteran journalist and host of KCRW’swho has published exposes on Fred Savage, Amazon’s Roy Price, Warner Bros.’ Kevin Tsujihara,Chris Noth, and more. “She’s been very locked into [these stories] since before it exploded a couple of years ago.
Because of her work, Cregger says that seeing or hearing the name Kim Masters sparks a reaction. “There are a lot of people terrified of her and a lot of people who really admire her. She’s earned this place in our culture and she deserves a lot of credit for what she’s done. Personally, to have her name in this movie for me is like a tip of the hat for what she’s done. And a thank you to Kim Masters.
As such, Cregger gave very limited direction to Skarsgård. “My only direction to Bill, from the beginning, was, ‘Don’t do anything creepy.’ We leaned into him from the good guy zone even though he did have all these micro-aggressions. Then, when it came time to cast A.J., at first I was thinking of it as some sort of low-hanging fruit. Let’s cast someone like Zac Efron who has the jawbone, haircut and biceps, an actor who is very alpha. But I was just wasn’t thinking deeply enough about it.
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