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‘Blitz’ Director Steve McQueen On His Homage To Wartime London: “It Wasn’t About Ticking Boxes”
'Blitz' director Steve McQueen on the choices he made to create his homage to wartime London with Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan.
It was steeped in research, because I knew questions would be asked of it, particularly about how — as my historical advisor Joshua Levine, who wrote The Secret History of the Blitz, explained — London was so cosmopolitan at that time. And then the story of George [played by Elliott Heffernan] spiraled out of that, taking him to broader, wider situations, once he leaves his bird’s nest. We had the same dynamic duo from 12 Years A Slav e. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: Hans Zimmer does the score; Nick does the onscreen music.
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