what we strove to do when any filmmaker should strive to do when they’re doing a
should strive to do when they’re doing a
should strive to do when they’re doing a period piece is to be authentic and to
period piece is to be authentic and to
period piece is to be authentic and to be absolutely real roll heads okay
be absolutely real roll heads okay
be absolutely real roll heads okay stagecoach rolling the crown we took
stagecoach rolling the crown we took
stagecoach rolling the crown we took great pains and being historically
great pains and being historically
great pains and being historically accurate we had two different teams and
accurate we had two different teams and
accurate we had two different teams and National Geographic who are at my
National Geographic who are at my
National Geographic who are at my disposal making sure that I got
disposal making sure that I got
disposal making sure that I got everything right you know there’s a
everything right you know there’s a
everything right you know there’s a certain amount of artistic license that
certain amount of artistic license that
certain amount of artistic license that writers take we came up with a story
writers take we came up with a story
writers take we came up with a story that is engaging and at the same time is
that is engaging and at the same time is
that is engaging and at the same time is flawless in terms of its research so a
flawless in terms of its research so a
flawless in terms of its research so a couple of months after the assassination
couple of months after the assassination
couple of months after the assassination attempt all the doctors and all the
attempt all the doctors and all the
attempt all the doctors and all the nurses that were involved in save you on
nurses that were involved in save you on
nurses that were involved in save you on Elena’s life they put together their own
Elena’s life they put together their own
Elena’s life they put together their own little mini documentary they reenacted
little mini documentary they reenacted
little mini documentary they reenacted everything exactly as it happened and so
everything exactly as it happened and so
everything exactly as it happened and so this became extraordinarily valuable to
this became extraordinarily valuable to
this became extraordinarily valuable to us mr. president today we’re all I think
us mr. president today we’re all I think
us mr. president today we’re all I think the thing that we’ve been blessed with
the thing that we’ve been blessed with
the thing that we’ve been blessed with on all of our killing productions is for
on all of our killing productions is for
on all of our killing productions is for most writers who are incredibly facile
most writers who are incredibly facile
most writers who are incredibly facile with the material and deeply familiar
with the material and deeply familiar
with the material and deeply familiar with it and so that they can again take
with it and so that they can again take
with it and so that they can again take something that we already have some
something that we already have some
something that we already have some basic walking knowledge of and transcend
basic walking knowledge of and transcend
basic walking knowledge of and transcend that we’re exposed to those things we
that we’re exposed to those things we
that we’re exposed to those things we recognize and yet we get a different
recognize and yet we get a different
recognize and yet we get a different perspective on them I don’t think we
perspective on them I don’t think we
perspective on them I don’t think we even realized when we cast Timothy
even realized when we cast Timothy
even realized when we cast Timothy how truly lucky we were to have two
how truly lucky we were to have two
how truly lucky we were to have two people who were equally committed deeply
people who were equally committed deeply
people who were equally committed deeply researched these roles and who have such
researched these roles and who have such
researched these roles and who have such an alluring and sort of complex
an alluring and sort of complex
an alluring and sort of complex relationships that were able to build on
relationships that were able to build on
relationships that were able to build on swimming together Eric Simonson both his
swimming together Eric Simonson both his
swimming together Eric Simonson both his theatrical background as a writer and as
theatrical background as a writer and as
theatrical background as a writer and as a director I think was able to bring to
a director I think was able to bring to
a director I think was able to bring to this sort of a dynamic that gave us an
this sort of a dynamic that gave us an
this sort of a dynamic that gave us an immediacy in terms of our experience of
immediacy in terms of our experience of
immediacy in terms of our experience of this period in history and then with rod
this period in history and then with rod
this period in history and then with rod lorry who is a director at the top of
lorry who is a director at the top of
lorry who is a director at the top of his form but one who thrives in this
his form but one who thrives in this
his form but one who thrives in this political forum and between the two of
political forum and between the two of
political forum and between the two of them there was such a deep foundation of
them there was such a deep foundation of
them there was such a deep foundation of understanding and determination to tell
understanding and determination to tell
understanding and determination to tell the story as authentically as fully and
the story as authentically as fully and
the story as authentically as fully and as dramatically as possible and that to
as dramatically as possible and that to
as dramatically as possible and that to me is also what defines doing a piece
me is also what defines doing a piece
me is also what defines doing a piece like this for National Geographic
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