Sean Fennessey

Go for it.

Yeah.

It's like the greatest entry point because it's achievable, but it also is like fascinating to little kids.

What, did you,

It all feels like a waste of time other than that.

For you, I mean, you have been working in independent film.

So like there is something about holding a camera as a young person where it's like achievable.

Do you remember when you cracked in and you were like, this is actually going to happen for me?

They don't have time.

So did you sign up?

Did you sign up for three more years?

Right, you had committed.

What about for you after the first film, were you like, I'm going to be able to stick with this and make a career out of this?

Well, I feel like your career, you have really nicely balanced this blend of indie and kind of like slightly more run and gun with studio stuff.

And your sensibilities, I feel like are often rooted in

studio history movies yeah but the way that you're making them feels more independent is that fair to say that is fair to say yeah I feel like I feel like I'm doing like commercial work yeah but it's just with this sort of indie spirit and a different slant to it yeah so I'm curious let's talk about this movie so one thing that jumped out to me is you didn't write this movie I did not and

I feel like your movies have a very specific tone that you've written.

And so I'm curious, like, why you wanted to direct a script that you didn't write.

And then maybe when you read it, like, why you connected with it, too.

Samara, I'm curious, like, not just what you responded to in the screenplay, but are you strategic about the kinds of parts you want to take in succession?