The risks taken by the movie’s creative team appear to have paid off, as The Old Guard has topped Netflix’s most-watched list following its premiere.
These heroes, I felt were going through such real emotion and real things that I knew, as me personally, I was connecting with them, and I wanted to give that experience to an audience, as well.”
We wanted to be able to tell this big story, but it starts with the personal and the details.
“Bringing those kinds of things to this felt different, but felt true to who I am, as a filmmaker.