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Peter Straughan Lifts Lid On How He Tackles Adaptations & Why He’s Still Surprised By His Oscar Win For ‘Conclave’ — Storyhouse
The Oscar-winning writer was at Dublin's screenwriting festival Storyhouse where he lifted the lid on his writing process and more
Straughan adapted the film, which is directed by Edward Berger and stars Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini, from the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. The political potboiler is set within the Vatican and follows Cardinal Lomeli (Fiennes) as he oversees a secretive papal election following the sudden death of the Pope. When pressed on whether he felt daunted at the prospect of adapting le Carré’s beloved and quite complicated novel, Straughan said: “We should have been to be honest, but I don’t remember being frightened.
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