BAFTA Guru | Why Maggie Gyllenhaal needed Olivia Colman to be "sane" to play Leda in The Lost Daughter | BAFTA @baftaguru | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
*Contains strong language*

Maggie Gyllenhaal on adapting Elena Ferrante's acclaimed novel The Lost Daughter and working with cast members Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Jessie Buckley. Gyllenhaal is joined by producer Talia Kleinhendler, editor Affonso Gonçalves and composer Dickon Hinchliffe.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:32 Maggie Gyllenhaal on contacting Elena Ferrante
01:39 What attracted her to The Lost Daughter
03:00 CLIP: The doll
03:46 Why Leda couldn't be mad
05:07 Finding the right actresses
07:02 Making the audience relate
08:23 CLIP: Staggering girl
09:14 Constructing the flow of the film
10:18 How the music became a character
11:23 Directing the crew as actors
12:50 CLIP: I don't remember
13:46 Becoming a director
14:44 Learning to be a director from the best and the worst
15:37 Onto the next challenge

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