What was it like working with them? And I read that they didn't give you any script notes or anything like that, which is

really unusual.

No, it's incredible.

They were great.

They came in early when we had the script.

And, you know, it was my first experience working with a sort of big studio in America.

So you have those fears of interference and changes.

For you, was moving to London key in making those connections? Or do you think today it is possible to have a very successful career? I mean, I think you

But you shared a really personal and intense story about your health journey after writing this film that feels like it is completely attached to and tied to the bigger idea that you're writing about.

Yeah, so in the summer, like about six months ago, I had really bad headaches, which I had during the production as well.

Like I would work really hard and then collapse on the weekends.

But I got, they found an apple-sized tumor in my head that had kind of, kind of broken through my brain and surrounded my optic nerves and carotid arteries.

And it was a really surreal, devastating thing to go through.

And at the start, they didn't know if it was going to be kind of operable or malignant.

And my immediate thoughts were like, I'm not going to get to see Eternity released, which is such a vague thing to say after so many years.

She really knows her stuff.

But, um, you shared a really, um, personal and intense story about your health journey after writing this film that feels like it is inc- completely attached to and tied to the bigger idea that you're writing about.

Yeah.

So in the summer, like, about six months ago, I had really bad headaches, which I had during the production as well.

Like, I would work really hard and then collapse on the weekends.

Um, but I got...

They found a, an apple-sized tumor in my head, uh, that had kind of, kind of broken through my brain and, and surrounded my optic nerves and o- and carotid arteries and...

Like, it was, it was a really surreal, devastating thing to go through.

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