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1917 co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns on her grandpa's love of history, her choice to visit real-life battlefields, and how viewer anxiety makes her strong.
Nov 3, 2021 · Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns on making 'Last Night in Soho' as an exploration of the trials of being a young woman in the 1960s and today.
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1917features a character death that is utterly shocking due to a clever piece of structuring by Krysty and Sam. “People usually die in the bridge to the second act, in the bridge to the third act, or at the end. But we killed him at the exact midpoint of the film,” reveals the screenwriter. “We did it so that the minute he's stabbed, you think it's...
1917is a propulsive adventure that presents events happening in real-time. There was no room for flashbacks and little slowing down for characters to talk about who they are, what their histories are, and how they’re feeling. This presented a challenge for Krysty and Sam. How do you establish who these characters are and give audiences a reason to ...
“The baby in the basement came from a true account, and it was the saddest account I'd ever read,” says Krysty, revealing how she wrote one of the film’s most haunting scenes: the discovery of a woman in a basement deep in occupied territory, looking after a baby she happened upon. When writing hard-hitting historical fiction, often what actually h...
Oct 20, 2022 · The Good Nurse. Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns breaks down her process of retelling the true serial killer story—and shifting focus to the heroine who helped finally bring him to justice. By ...
Dec 23, 2019 · The real man who inspired the film. The 1917 script, written by Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, is inspired by “fragments” of stories from Mendes’ grandfather, who served as a “runner ...
Nov 4, 2021 · Wilson-Cairns said. “I was like, ‘Yeah, of course I can. That’s where I hang out.'”. As they made their way around the neighborhood, Wright shared his early ideas for “Last Night in Soho ...
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Dec 19, 2019 · Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes and co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns trap viewers into the singular perspective of a soldier on a desperate World War I mission in “1917.”. Once upon a time ...
