US EditionRebecca Ferguson Reveals 'Insane' House of Dynamite Detail that Surprised and Alarmed Her
Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller shows government officials racing to prevent nuclear war after an intercontinental missile launch threatens Chicago, reflecting current geopolitical tensions.
- On Friday, 24th October A House of Dynamite lands on Netflix as a ticking-clock thriller following multiple groups reacting to a catastrophic assault on American territory.
- Kathryn Bigelow and Noah Oppenheim drew on today's geopolitical landscape and American defence systems research to shape the story, inspired by Bigelow's childhood 'duck and cover' drills.
- On set with Larry Pfeiffer, Rebecca Ferguson, actor , conducted daily discussions with the former senior director of the real Situation Room to ensure authenticity.
- Ferguson said `I felt from the beginning that there was enormous trust in her handing over this role to me`, and Bigelow hopes the film prompts concern about nuclear conflict.
- The film rewinds and replays the doomsday incident across three Defcon 1 iterations, with Idris Elba portraying a fictional US President and principal characters entirely fictional.
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Rebecca Ferguson reveals 'insane' House of Dynamite detail that surprised and alarmed her
There can't be too many subject matters that induce more dread and panic in an audience than the idea of nuclear apocalypse – and that threat is the focus of Kathyrn Bigelow's new film A House of Dynamite, which lands on Netflix this Friday.The political thriller is the Oscar-winning director's first film in more than eight years, and explores the same half-hour period from three different perspectives after it emerges that a nuclear weapon sent…
Nuclear families 18 minutes. 18 minutes that seem both to last an eternity, and move to the speed of lightning. These 18 minutes are the ones that separate the launch from unknown origin of a missile from its impact on a large American city. Who was able to make this decision? What is the motive? [...]
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