4.6 • 806 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello, and thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Directors Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, |
0:07.4 | featuring today's top directors sharing behind-the-scenes stories of their latest films and insights into the craft of directing. |
0:14.4 | The Director's Cut is now available on Spotify, so please take a second to subscribe to our podcast on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
0:26.6 | This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Stephen Merchant's new comedic biopic, fighting with my family. |
0:38.6 | Based on the true story of wrestling superstar Soraya Paige Beavis, who grew up in a tight-knit wrestling family that |
0:43.3 | earned their living traveling around England performing. When Paige and her brother, Zach, |
0:48.1 | get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE, they are ecstatic. But after only |
0:53.5 | Paige earns a spot in the highly competitive |
0:55.5 | WWE training program, she must find the courage to leave her family and face this new world |
1:00.7 | alone. In addition to fighting with my family, Mr. Merchant's directorial credits include the feature |
1:06.4 | film Cemetery Junction and episodes of the series Hello Ladies, Life's Too Short, The Office, |
1:12.2 | and Extras. Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, |
1:18.5 | Mr. Merchant spoke with director Ross and Marshall Thurber about filming fighting with my family. |
1:23.6 | During their conversation, Mr. Merchant discusses how Dwayne the Rock Johnson enlisted him to direct the film, |
1:29.5 | his desire to cinematically translate the experience of being in the arena during a wrestling match, |
1:34.7 | and the tricky elements involved in shooting the emotional and highly choreographed finale of the movie on day four of production. |
1:48.7 | All right. |
1:50.0 | Thank you very much. |
1:51.8 | Yeah. |
1:55.3 | You're just applauding the suit. |
1:58.8 | What a fantastic film. |
1:59.6 | Thank you so much. |
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