Gina Prince-Bythewood and Terilyn Shropshire on Being Historical Firsts for ‘The Old Guard’

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Gina Prince-Bythewood and Terilyn Shropshire on Being Historical Firsts for ‘The Old Guard’
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It’s 2020 and “Love and Basketball” director Gina Prince-Bythewood has achieved a Hollywood first — she’s the first Black woman to direct an action-comic book film, an…

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It’s 2020 and here we are, you’re a Black woman directing an action comic book film. How did it come about?Another first. I have to give all props to Skydance Productions. They do big movies and really good big movies and they have this property. They loved it, the developed it and they were very intentional on finding a female director.

It’s scary sometimes and it’s lonely sometimes when you feel like you’re on an island and there’s a ton of pressure but having Teri with me was a godsend. If Gina had not asked me to do this film, this would not have been a film that would have been easy for me on any level to have gotten on my own. That’s where having a relationship with someone like Gina works. She’s standing behind me and she’s also supporting me.

Marwan and I wanted to get it right and it was 13 takes. I didn’t want to cut around it and piece it together. On the opposite side, you got Andy who has this new immortal at the worst time, but she’s gonna test her. She’s gonna see what she’s got and is coming into the fold.

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