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Is Aunt Gladys's affliction in 'Weapons' magical or medical? Director Zach Cregger loves that question but explains why he'll never answer it. Learn about the unique instructions he gave actress Amy Madigan to preserve the film's central enigma.
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00:00And that's how, that's how committed I am to like the ambiguity is as an asset. I believe it
00:04wholly. So I honestly, as the writer and director of the movie really don't know what's going on
00:10with Gladys. And I think that's great. Well, can you tell me the two options that you gave her?
00:14Not really. No. When Alex is talking to Gladys about like going to a hospital and she says that
00:22a hospital couldn't help her, to what extent is what we're seeing happen to her magic versus the
00:28idea of like a cancer? That's a great question. I love that question. Yeah.
00:34Do you have an answer? I mean, I think it would be such a, such a shame if I answered
00:39it. You know
00:39what I mean? Because I, first of all, I don't know the answer, truth be told. And I'm glad I
00:44don't,
00:44because I think one of the most compelling things about it is that like, we wonder, you know, I,
00:50you can't really pin her down. You don't know what's real with her. And, you know, she's described
00:54as having two different relationships with, with Alex's family that are totally contradictory.
00:59And, and I think that's so fun, you know, like something isn't right here. Something is,
01:04is untrue. And in that case, I mean, when you were talking with, when you were talking with Amy
01:10Madigan and just kind of like get, having heard, like feed into the perspective of the character,
01:15what were the kinds of discussions that you had? Well, I gave her two options. You know,
01:20I gave her two, two very different options for, for what Gladys might, might, might have going on.
01:25And I told her to pick one and don't ever tell me. And.
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