Even so, the filmmaker reveals that he wasnt that nervous before the screening.
I didnt feeloverconfident, Perkins tells EW.
No one was going to say, Well, Ive seen that s before!
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Thats the kiss of death, I think.
And the reception was outstanding.
Then, one day, it just changed.
Peter Maur
A lot of the best, dreamy stuff happens that way.
When a script gets greenlit, then everyone starts to care about it, the director says.
The whole thing becomes a big interview process and you meet a lot of people.
As the writer, I felt a little insecure, honestly, about the script.
Ruth Wilsons response to it was so positive and she was really excited about the poetry of it.
It was like, Really?
Youreallywant to do this?
I couldnt imagine a better scenario and all of a sudden there were no other choices.
They were on Broadway together in the 60s [in Neil SimonsThe Star-Spangled Girl], Perkins says.
Its run into a few little snags here and there with distribution, Perkins explains.
But A24 will release it theatrically at the very beginning of 2017.
Honestly, its actually rathergood.
I quite like it now.
It was my fathers business, he says.
I read a lot of scripts but theyre all completely notme, he says.
And so I end up passing on everything.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the Housedebuts on Netflix Oct. 28.
See the films TIFF screening scheduleat the festivals official site.
