Sharp Objects is the 2006 debut novel by American author Gillian Flynn. Southern Gothic, Psychological Thriller, Mystery I probably failed more than I succeeded … but I tried my best.For the television adaptation, see Sharp Objects (miniseries). So, there’s a dance with art and commerce.
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If you’re the lead actor in a movie and you’re a movie star, you can try and do a commercial movie and then leverage it to make an artistic movie that you like that maybe wouldn’t get made. I’m in my 50s now and when you’re younger you have a certain leverage. How did you navigate your career in Hollywood? You’ve done big rom-coms, action flicks, character roles and horror. John, you’re entering your fifth decade as an actor. To go back in my space where I control everything and I don’t have to think about talking to people for hours at a time is good for my soul. At my heart, I’m probably always going to be an introverted novelist. After I finished Utopia, I was supposed to be spending most of 2020 completing the novel, and instead I became a teacher to my two children. I am smack in the middle of a novel that got put on hold for Utopia. Gillian, you have legions of fans hungering for the next Gillian Flynn book. But I’ve read a lot of Frank Miller books and the Watchmen and a few others. But I guess you’re right, nothing based on a comic. Is that true? I’m trying to think … I must have done one … well I’ve done conspiracy thrillers and things like that. But in all your years as an actor, you’ve never done a comic book movie. John, Utopia follows a group of fans obsessed with a comic book. You’ll notice he is wearing one, so I won that argument. I remember having a happy argument with John about whether his character would wear a wedding band. I like that you have an opportunity to tell layer upon layer of story. It gives you that room to spread out and it almost feels novelistic. Article content Gillian Flynn says it was ‘alarming’ to be editing a show about a pandemic during a real-life pandemic.Īre you a big fan of working in the world of TV? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. I remember telling my husband, ‘The fact that you and I have to distinguish between the real pandemic and the show pandemic is deeply disturbing to me.’
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This was not something that was going to happen … But as I was editing the show from Chicago, like everyone else, I had the news on 24/7 and I was looking back and forth between my computer screen, which had this fake pandemic, and my TV screen, which was showing me a real-life pandemic. When I signed on to this, it really was on the edge of science fiction for me in 2013. As we’ve all got used to wearing face masks and figuring out what life is looking like right now, it was very alarming to me at first. Gillian, it must seem a little weird to have a show about a pandemic coming out during a pandemic. Kevin Christie, a billionaire tech genius who may be responsible for unleashing a global pandemic in Amazon’s timely thriller Utopia Sometimes in television they elongate the show, filling it with B and C plots because they just want more content.
Now you get to tell it over nine or 10 hours. I was used to telling a story in 95 minutes or two hours. Yeah, because it’s just another way of telling stories. Was seeking out a role on TV something that was on your radar? Also, the dystopian landscape is certainly (topical) with global warming and endless wars and the food shortages and water and all that stuff.
I also loved a lot of those conspiracy films from the ’70s. I was just humbled and grateful to be asked to do it. I read them all in one sitting just drinking cups of coffee. Then I got sent the scripts and I started reading them at two in the afternoon and I didn’t stop until midnight. Then she said, ‘I want you to do it.’ That was very flattering. It was a thing where you get a call and it’s Gillian Flynn and she’s doing a show on Amazon. Tell us about the decision to say yes to Utopia. John, I’m sure you’ve been offered TV in the past. I’ve always been trying to keep things interesting for the people watching as well.” “But it hasn’t just been about trying to keep things interesting to me. “Some have played it much better than me,” he says measuring his career against some of his contemporaries. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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