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Oscar Winner Simon Beaufoy Joins ‘Acute, Urgent and Funny’ Tale of Climate Change ‘S.O.L.’ Created by the Late Ruth McCance (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy boards ‘S.O.L.,’ created by the late Ruth McCance and produced by Peter Carlton.
“Simon met Ruth when she was head of development at Pathé, many moons ago, they worked on his feature ‘The Darkest Light’ [co-directed with Bille Eltringham]. “It’s also a reference to Stefan wanting to step out from his father’s shadow and take his own ‘place in the sun.’ And, of course, it didn’t escape our notice that ‘S.O.L.’ is a colloquial acronym for ‘Shit Out of Luck’,” noted Carlton. Beaufoy added: “Ruth did a hell of a lot of research, into the climate science of course but also into the whole idea of wealthy ‘philanthropy’ and real-life billionaires who purport to ‘save the world’ – like Bill Gates wanting to eradicate malaria, for example – yet whose very wealth is contributing to its problems.
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