So really, it was combing through the facts. We had an incredible amount of research: the inspector general’s reports tons of photographic references that were taken at the real places all the depositions from David Sweat’s arrests in his life. For me, it seemed like such a fun story, and then we get into it and we’re like, “Holy sh*t, this is heavy.”ĭEADLINE: How did you prepare to play David Sweat, and find your way into his headspace?ĭANO: It was clear from the get-go, the first time we met, that Ben was going to be absolutely meticulous about details and what really happened, and that was a big clue into an entry point. It was a little scary to dive in, just because of the nature of the characters, right? It’s funny because the scripts were so fun to read, and then once we really dove in, it became apparent how bleak prison is, and it turned out to be a lot harder than the scripts implied. ![]() To have both of those things-long, character-driven scenes, the dialogue, the details of prison life, the details of the escape, it being this crazy story that you have to keep reading-was a really nice and rare balance. Brett and Michael had really written something that was a page-turner, as well as being incredibly detailed, character-wise and minutiae-wise-the sort of petri dish of prison life. And Benicio and Patricia were already involved, who are pretty special actors, so you’re sort of excited to crack the script open and see what it is. I think he did a really special job with this, but I am a really big fan of his prior directing work. Of course, Ben is an incredible director. So when this prison escape thing came in, it was sex and prison break and sledgehammers against brick walls…It felt like the energy that I needed after the edit room, sitting on a couch and staring at a screen for months. ![]() I was editing Wildlife, which was quite a quiet, restrained endeavor. Patricia Arquette On Embodying Real-Life Women In 'Escape At Dannemora' & 'The Act How Writing Her Memoir Feels Like Christopher Saunders/SHOWTIME
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