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Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg led his cast down the black carpet at the UK Premiere of ‘Disclosure Day’ in London’s Leicester Square. He was joined by his stars Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell, his writer David Koepp and guests such as Stanley Tucci, Jeff Goldblum and Benedict Cumberbatch.
We spoke to (in order of appearance) Steven Spielberg, Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Eve Hewson and writer David Koepp at the UK Premiere, who discussed Spielberg films, cast bonding and other worldly experiences.
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We spoke to (in order of appearance) Steven Spielberg, Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Eve Hewson and writer David Koepp at the UK Premiere, who discussed Spielberg films, cast bonding and other worldly experiences.
‘Disclosure Day’ is out in cinemas from 10th June Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Amen.
00:01It's felt otherworldly.
00:03Nobody knows the truth.
00:04You're welcome for my service.
00:06I hope I haven't completed Hollywood.
00:09I'm now thinking,
00:10wouldn't it be wonderful for people to know...
00:16All of this is true.
00:18What can you look at within Disclosure Day
00:20and say with utmost certainty,
00:22this is the truth that you're putting out there?
00:24Well, you know, nobody knows the truth
00:26but those who are hiding the truth.
00:28But the truth is leaking out
00:31and people are seeing things
00:32when the government started releasing tranches of videos.
00:36It's very vague.
00:37Some of them I can't tell what it is.
00:39But at least something is forthcoming.
00:42Something is forthcoming.
00:43And it's just a coincidence
00:45that I wrote this story in 2023
00:49and David Koepp wrote the screenplay
00:51and we've been collaborating since 2024.
00:54And we made the entire film
00:56and then all of a sudden
00:57all of this stuff starts...
00:59Not leaks!
01:00All of these videos
01:02are being disclosed
01:04from the Pentagon.
01:07So I don't know
01:08whether we intuited something
01:11or whether they saw the Super Bowl spot
01:15in January.
01:17But there's a very interesting convergence
01:21between my fiction
01:23because my movie is not a true story.
01:26But it's about something
01:28that I believe is very close to the truth.
01:31My final question is
01:32the industry at the moment
01:34is very excited
01:35about two young filmmakers
01:36who have films in their box office
01:38top ten at the moment,
01:39Obsession and Backrooms as well.
01:41They're young lads in their twenties
01:42as you were when you made Jaws as well.
01:44I'm so happy for them.
01:45I think it's so fantastic.
01:46I think it's great
01:47that they had basically
01:48very little money.
01:50Especially Obsession
01:51had under a million dollars
01:52and the other film
01:53had maybe ten or nine.
01:55And they're doing so well
01:56and I just applaud them.
01:58And I haven't seen Backroom.
02:00I am going to see it
02:01when all this is over.
02:02But I have seen Obsession
02:04and I loved it.
02:07I think it was when
02:08I think it was when
02:09in 2017
02:09the New York Times
02:10came out with a story
02:11where a whistleblower
02:13got some Navy FLIR footage
02:15of something called a Tic Tac.
02:17Something that outmaneuvered
02:18all of our most modern jet aircraft.
02:20They could not figure out
02:21what it was.
02:22And it was the first time
02:24that the whole world saw
02:25a confirmed UFO
02:27and I had believed in them
02:30for a long time.
02:32But suddenly it became
02:33front page news.
02:34Not just things in
02:36sensationalized tabloid press.
02:38It became mainstream news.
02:40And ever since then
02:42everybody with smart phones
02:44or eyewitnesses
02:45to extraordinary things
02:46they could back up
02:48their eyewitness statements
02:49with video.
02:50And this is happening
02:50more and more and more.
02:52And I thought
02:53after all of that
02:54this is a good time
02:55to get back into the subject
02:57of the subject matter.
02:57Shouldn't you see this
02:58as a bookend?
03:00No.
03:00I would look at this
03:01as a summation
03:04of my three movies
03:05Close Encounters
03:06and the Third Kind,
03:07E.T.
03:08and now Disclosure Day.
03:10Have you come to any
03:12conclusions
03:13about whether or not
03:14we are going to get
03:15the truth soon
03:16do you think?
03:16Oh, I have no idea.
03:18I have no connection
03:20with any deep state
03:22contracting company
03:23or government
03:24that may know the truth.
03:25they never came to me
03:27with any information.
03:29I have a big imagination.
03:31I believe there's a lot
03:32of interesting things
03:33happening right now
03:34in the world.
03:35And I took that,
03:36combined that,
03:37and told the story.
03:42You were essentially handpicked
03:44by Steven Spielberg
03:45for this role.
03:45And you came and...
03:47Does that mean you've
03:47completed Hollywood?
03:48What's the feeling
03:49and the emotions?
03:50I hope I haven't completed
03:51Hollywood.
03:52I mean, then I sound
03:54117 years old,
03:55but I was honored.
03:57It's been the privilege
03:58of my career
03:59to work with him.
04:01He's...
04:02You know,
04:03even though he does
04:03everything he can
04:04to dispel the fact
04:05that he's an icon,
04:06it's such a thing
04:08to get to work with him.
04:09And it moved me so much.
04:11And we all just adore him.
04:14We all just worship him,
04:15really.
04:16And this film is obviously
04:17about close encounters
04:18and otherworldly things.
04:19Have you ever had
04:20an otherworldly experience
04:21in your life?
04:22And tell me all about it.
04:22I mean, I feel like
04:24I've had moments
04:24where I feel spirits
04:26of people I've lost,
04:28like a grandmother,
04:28and I just have this sense
04:30that they're there.
04:31But again,
04:32it's sort of my perception
04:33of it, so I can't say
04:34anything concrete
04:35that would be provable.
04:37It's just a sense.
04:38Hello, Josh.
04:39Hey, how's it going?
04:40No worries.
04:40Hey, I saw you
04:41and Emily messing around
04:42on the carpet
04:43even there today.
04:44And I've seen an interview
04:45where she says that
04:46you'd feel like
04:47her younger brother.
04:48Does she feel like
04:48a big sister?
04:49And how did you guys
04:50form that relationship?
04:52I think it was quite instant
04:54and I think it was partly
04:55because, you know,
04:56Emin lives in the States.
04:58Okay.
04:59I've lived in the States
04:59in the past.
05:00When a fellow Brit comes,
05:02you sort of just
05:03adopt each other.
05:04And so that relationship
05:06is very true.
05:07The unfortunate side
05:08is like older sisters
05:10pick on their younger
05:11brothers, so that's
05:12our relationship.
05:13Yeah, I've suffered it.
05:14And finally for me,
05:15have you obviously
05:16seen this film
05:16about otherworldly things?
05:18Have you ever had
05:19an otherworldly experience
05:20in real life
05:21and tell me all about it?
05:22I've had otherworldly experiences
05:24in the sense of
05:26it's felt otherworldly.
05:28I have those quite often
05:30in nature.
05:32I don't need to go
05:33to another planet
05:34to have those.
05:35So that's happened often.
05:36I've never had
05:38a close encounter
05:40or anything like that.
05:40There's still time.
05:42Thanks for having your time.
05:43Cheers.
05:43Thanks.
06:09Hi.
06:09So this is the second time
06:10you've been in a Steven Spielberg.
06:12That's right.
06:12Which means surely
06:13you have a shorthand
06:14with him at this point.
06:15It's like second nature, right?
06:16You'd think.
06:17I mean, there was time
06:18in between, but yes.
06:19Obviously, it's 11 years
06:20since Bridge of Spies.
06:22So what is...
06:23That's what we're in, right?
06:24Yeah, no, that makes sense.
06:26I don't know.
06:26I had to have a question.
06:27So what was the difference
06:28between working with him
06:29on the first project
06:30to the second project?
06:31Did you notice any differences
06:32or was always just
06:33the same magical Steven Spielberg?
06:34Well, he's always been the best.
06:38When I worked with him
06:40on Bridge of Spies,
06:40I had a small part
06:41and it was the beginning
06:42of my career.
06:42So it was just very, you know,
06:44I was just learning.
06:46And he told me a lot.
06:47I remember everything
06:48that he said to me.
06:49I remember how he directed me
06:50and I brought that with me.
06:51And then now to get to work with him
06:54when I'm a little bit more experienced
06:55has been special
06:57because we also just got
06:58to spend time together.
06:59I got to get to know him
07:01as a person
07:02and form a friendship with him
07:04and grow as an actor.
07:07You know,
07:08and it was just
07:09a much bigger experience
07:12for me, so.
07:14I've chatted to you a few times
07:15and I feel bold enough now
07:17to offer a compliment
07:18and a question,
07:19if that's okay.
07:19Go on.
07:20You provided one of the funniest moments
07:21for me during lockdown.
07:22That being during
07:24the New York Magazine
07:24Nepo Baby article.
07:26When you just like, guys,
07:28to even be mentioned
07:29would have been nice.
07:30You're welcome for my service.
07:31And it was so funny,
07:32but your goal was then like,
07:33I have 20, 23 goals
07:35is to get on the list.
07:36You've surpassed that now.
07:38Surely you are in the conversation.
07:40I manifested it.
07:40What was your time?
07:41What was your thinking
07:42during that time
07:43with all that stuff?
07:44Like a completely different
07:45to that time, is it?
07:46No, I actually was on the list.
07:48I just didn't read
07:49the article fully.
07:51Which someone then told me,
07:52they're like, girl,
07:52you're on the list.
07:54So yeah,
07:54that was just a bit of fun.
08:00I'm expecting a great deal.
08:01There's a great deal
08:02of interest already.
08:04I think that the reaction
08:05I'm expecting is that
08:06there's a sense of wonder
08:08you take away from this movie
08:09that is very much
08:11what we might have felt
08:12looking up at the sky
08:13at night as kids
08:14and wondering what's out there.
08:16And Steven is, of course,
08:18the master of capturing that.
08:19And I think that,
08:20it's rare in movies.
08:23It's completely rare.
08:24And I think that's
08:25what we've come away
08:26with it from.
08:26Obviously, I know that,
08:28well, correct me if I'm wrong,
08:29it's a story by Steven,
08:31screenplay by you.
08:32So who comes to you
08:32with this broad idea?
08:34And I know you probably
08:34can't give it too much away,
08:35but what were the bare bones
08:37of the story
08:37that you came to you with?
08:38And how do you then work
08:39about finding everything out?
08:42Well, it was more
08:43than bare bones.
08:44It was 40 pages long
08:45and it was a beginning,
08:46middle end
08:46and the characters you'll see
08:47in the movie.
08:49But it wasn't fleshed out yet.
08:52It wasn't a screenplay
08:53that hadn't been worked on
08:54for a couple of years,
08:55which we do.
08:56So I was taken
08:58with an overwhelming sense of,
09:00he asked,
09:01he said,
09:01will you please write this?
09:03It's, I view it
09:04as the summation
09:05of what I want to say
09:06about aliens.
09:07And so I was seized
09:09with this overwhelming sense
09:10of not wanting
09:11to screw it up.
09:12You know, this guy
09:12has asked you
09:13to help him
09:15tell his story.
09:16And I think
09:16as you talk to the rest
09:17of the cast,
09:19you'll hear the same thing
09:20that everybody felt like
09:21I need to,
09:21I need to do the best work
09:23I've ever done.
09:23So I don't let him down.
09:25They kind of allude
09:26to this reference
09:27in the latest trailer.
09:29How many times
09:29in your conversation
09:30with Steven when putting
09:31the story together
09:32were the words
09:33close encounters mentioned?
09:35And again,
09:35that's not to hopefully
09:36give too much away
09:37in terms of the link,
09:38but there is a link
09:39I'd say.
09:40There is.
09:40a few.
09:44I mean, you can't
09:45not refer to it.
09:46But it's certainly
09:49not a sequel
09:50to close encounters.
09:50But it is fair to say
09:51it's a companion piece
09:52or it's a bookend.
09:54And he certainly
09:55is exploring subject matter
09:57and ideas he had then.
09:58And he's exploring them
10:00nearly 50 years later
10:03in a more mature way.
10:06I've loved following
10:06your career thread
10:07and especially
10:08your collaborations
10:09with Steven as well
10:10from the 90s to today.
10:11And at this point
10:12you seem like
10:13to be his go-to guy
10:14which is a pretty nice
10:15place to be I hope.
10:16How has your relationship
10:17and your working relationship
10:18with him developed
10:19over those decades
10:20if that's not too broad
10:21a question?
10:21Well, Steven is able
10:23to work with some
10:24pretty terrific writers
10:25across the board
10:26and I feel lucky
10:27to be asked
10:29whenever I am.
10:30I'd say that
10:31when I first met him
10:32I was 29 years old.
10:33I was just starting
10:34in Hollywood.
10:35And it was, you know,
10:37there's a certain amount
10:38of I can't believe
10:38I'm in the room
10:39with this guy
10:39that you have to get over
10:41because you realize
10:42he's hired you
10:43for your opinions.
10:44And you can't say
10:45what you think he wants
10:46to hear.
10:47You can't be a fan.
10:47You need to be a collaborator.
10:49And I think I've gotten
10:49more comfortable
10:50in that role
10:50as I've gotten older.
10:51I'm glad you mentioned
10:52that you kind of
10:53started collaborating
10:54with him in your 20s
10:55because kind of a big story
10:57at the moment is
10:57the creators behind
10:59Backrooms and Obsession.
11:01Guys in their 20s
11:02who were getting opportunities
11:02from big studios
11:03as Steven was
11:04in the 70s
11:05as you were in the 90s
11:06as well.
11:07Is this kind of like
11:08a full circle moment
11:09with like Hollywood?
11:10Do we give any opportunities
11:10to young talented
11:12filmmakers again?
11:12I think it always has.
11:16I think that there is
11:17certain reminiscent
11:18you're right in that
11:19it is reminiscent of the 70s
11:21in that way.
11:22And that the old guard
11:23opened the door a little
11:25and let the young people in.
11:26But Orson Welles was 26
11:27when he made Citizen Kane.
11:29So there's always been room
11:30for new and exciting
11:32viewpoints in young people.
11:34And finally for me
11:35I watched and I really
11:36covered cold storage
11:37earlier this year.
11:38I enjoyed that very much.
11:39Oh thank you.
11:39So congratulations on that.
11:40Slightly different tone.
11:41Very different tone.
11:42But also that was like
11:43very much definitely
11:44of your mind
11:45because that was a novel
11:46by you made into a film.
11:48Yeah.
11:48Are you hoping to do
11:49more of that in the future
11:51like novels that you have
11:52being developed into
11:53film play?
11:53Is that how you work
11:54would you say?
11:55Well I keep trying
11:56to try different things.
11:58Different tones,
11:59different genres,
12:00different media.
12:01You know that was
12:01I've written two novels
12:03now.
12:03I didn't start until
12:04I was in my 50s.
12:06I'm halfway through
12:07a third one.
12:08So I like to do
12:10all different kinds of
12:11writing.
12:11I love to see movies.
12:12I love to read books.
12:13So I might as well
12:14try writing.
12:14I know that sometimes
12:15the next project
12:16has always been hush-hush.
12:17But what can you tell us
12:18about what the next one
12:19from David is?
12:23I am writing a movie
12:26version of Westworld.
12:28The Michael Crichton
12:29movie from 1973.
12:30But if I say anything
12:32else it's bad luck.
12:33I am much more inclined
12:36now than I was when I
12:37made Close Encounters.
12:39To really believe that
12:41we're not the only
12:42intelligent civilization
12:43in the universe.
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