I got to say one of the great things about today's film is it doesn't beat around the bush

or hypothesize. It gives you a very clear and instructive plan about what to do when you

encounter a generational family curse. Howdy? I'm Jeff Goldsmith and this is the Q&A. Each week I plan

to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling. And folks, I am very pleased to have today's

guest, writer-director, Lee Cronin, to discuss his latest film, Lee Cronin's The Mummy. And you know what?

This is a really interesting discussion. Lee was kind enough to kind of take us behind the scenes

and give us insight into his pre-production process, especially his development process,

and talk us through some of the variants that he tried early on that he later discarded as his

story continued to emerge along with its characters for him. Lee was very candid about kicking

the tires and trying out new ideas, but also at the same time being open to discovery. So this really

became a fascinating conversation, and I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking of things to dig,

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But now, without any further ado, let's jump right into our chat with writer-director Lee Cronin

about his latest movie, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, which is in theaters now, so I hope you go see it. It's good to see you, man. How you doing? I'm good. Lovely to see you too. You're just coming off the Irish premiere, which I think was an all-nighter, right? I've been very lucky with my three feature films to date that we've done an Irish premiere and in the same cinema in the same screen each time,

which is my favourite screen in the city. So, you know, we know how to party over here and it's a great celebration with crew and family and friends. So yes, it was an aggressively fun night. What screen? What's your favourite screen? The lighthouse cinema in Dublin, screen one is my favorite screen. It's a slightly art house leaning cinema, but they still show, like the giant Mario poster outside, they still show all the blockbusters. It's a cinema run by film lovers, for film lovers. Like, I've never had one experience of someone taking their phone out there, ever. It's just not the done thing. And it wasn't designed with this purpose.

But when you enter a street level,

but the screens are actually subterranean, like it's below ground. You go downstairs. And there's no cell phone signal either. But yeah, it's a really nice cinema. That's awesome. Well, so I want to give everybody a baseline on you. From whence dust out hail, Did you study film?

At what age did you know you wanted to be a storyteller and a film?

I think I was, from a storytelling point of view, I was always... they'll hail did you study film at what age did you know you wanted to be a storyteller and a

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