When director Sam Mendes told frequent collaborator Roger Deakins he wanted to film his upcoming World War I drama “1917” to appear as one continuous take, the renowned cinematographer …
It was a valid query, Mendes admits. “I want to step every step with the characters, I want to breathe every breath with them, I want to be trapped on their journey with them,” Mendes told a packed crowd at AMC 34th Street during a panel at New York Comic Con.
Wilson-Cairns was more candid with her reaction to Mendes’ bold vision: “I thought you were bats— the whole time, but I love bats—, so I was into it,” she joked. “It was like an army of people trying to do the impossible and somehow succeeding.” Those concerns led to meticulous planning, writing and re-writing from Mendes and Wilson-Cairns. Everything had to be perfectly timed to the second to pull off a seamless look.
“He got to the end of the dolly and said, ‘That’s amazing. What a coincidence that the dialogue lasted just until [we hit our mark],'” Mendes recalled. “I said that’s not a f—ing coincidence, we’ve been rehearsing it for six months.” The on-screen mission becomes especially emotional for one of the soldiers, Schofield, portrayed by Chapman, the actor most recognizable to “Game of Thrones” enthusiasts as Tommen Baratheon. His character’s brother is among the 1,600 men whose lives are at risk of ambush. Chapman’s research became a similarly emotional process. While prepping, he discovered a close connection as he read the book “The Western Front Diaries,” a collection of diary entries from soldiers.
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