We never saw the sun.
We had hard hats and were in very, very difficult conditions.
The ubiquity of true events also complicates the filmmaking process.
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I started noticing this epidemic of strange suicides among football players,Concussiondirector Peter Landesman said.
It felt like a strange Agatha Christie novel happening in front of us on the front pages of newspapers.
You know exactly what you were doing that day when it happened, when they finally came out.
A number of these actorsdocarry a movie themselves, he said.
Some egos clash at moments and they have to know when to step up and step down.
That provided inherent drama in these scenes without having to overdramatize or oversensationalize it.
You couldve given them helmets!
McCarthy quipped, flashing a grin at Riggen.
Roomis out now;The 33andSpotlightarrive in November;Concussiondebuts on Christmas Day.
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