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Breaking Baz: Filmmaker Sophie Hyde Says It Wasn’t Easy Casting Olivia Colman To Play Her In Hot Sundance Movie ‘Jimpa’
Filmmaker Sophie Hyde On Casting Olivia Colman To Play Her In Sundance Film ‘Jimpa’
EXCLUSIVE: Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Sophie Hyde( 52 Tuesdays, Animals, Good Luck to You Leo Grand) says casting “a version of yourself” is not an easy task. Over Zoom from their home in South Australia, Hyde, with Mason-Hyde in tow, tells me that the film is “very much inspired by our lives and my family, and particularly my dad, Jim, who did come out just after I was born.” Very early on in the Jimba development process, Hyde knew she wanted Colman to play Hannah, who is seeking to make a film about her parents and how their lives changed when her father came out gay and how it impacted the family.
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