It was a question that needed to be asked during the Stillwater press day, as there were pieces of this serious family drama that were reminiscent of Matt Damon’s previous work in the Bourne saga. As a fan of those films myself, certain sequences evoked memories of Jason Bourne’s travels through Europe, and in some cases, a filmmaker might want to avoid invoking that memory when telling the story of someone like Bill Baker. Tom McCarthy, on the other hand, was pleased to encourage that misdirection, as he explained below:
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