‘In reality with ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ audience reactions were good.... reviewers and others were tougher on it.”
are all massive global hits. I think people have come to appreciate that kind of cultural authenticity, even in language, as part of the entertainment value, part of what transports you.
Much of the film was shot in Australia, but I heard that one of the actresses who worked on it was actually in Thailand at her family’s rice farm and volunteered in the rescue. Yes, the woman who was the farmer who says, “For the boys…” when they agree to risk their crops to help drain the cave. She’s a rice farmer herself, and she was miles away [from the cave]. She was living in Australia now, working as a school administrator when we cast her. But she had grown up in Thailand, understood rice farming, and understood what that sacrifice was. When we were shooting, she was really moved and very emotional.
It was important to me, particularly as I thought of this as a Thai story. And here I am, an American, telling it. I was very aware not only that it would be scrutinized, but that it should be scrutinized. It should be stress-tested, in terms of the authenticity. So I felt like we should just do that, for ourselves and for the audience, ahead of time.
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