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If you dont recall seeing Jenkins, youre not wrong.
He became kind of our guru for the entire project for the rest of a year and a half.
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Tom and I referred to him almost as the Voice of God, says Singer.
There was something really interesting about hearing these facts over the phone.
That way, you get them unvarnished: theres no person or personality attached.
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you might really focus on the facts.
I think it makes the audience lean-in and listen.
When the scenes were filmed, Singer himself provided the dialogue.
Later, McCarthy recorded the lines for some early test screenings.
Those roles are really tricky, says McCarthy.
Youve got to kind of know the guy and feel the guy just from his voice.
McCarthy is describing exactly what Jenkins delivered, but also Sipe himself.
The 83-year-old sounds like your favorite and most content college professor after hes settled into retirement.
Friends of Sipe whove seen the film have mistakenly complemented him on his performance.
They got my words [right], Sipe says.
I was so impressed in their insistence on accuracy.
They sent my wife and I the script.
Billions were paid out to victims in settlements.
Lets have some concrete action,' says Rezendes.
And the tribunal has yet to start holding bishops accountable.
There are bishops all over the world who have covered up for abuse over and over and over again.
So I think the patience of the survivor community is starting to wear pretty thin.
The Church argues that they have responded with concrete steps.
We make it clear that we have an obligation and we will report it ourselves.
It really is a zero-tolerance policy.
Sipe has heard all this before, and hes not convinced.
I dont think many people got that at that time.
But I was right.
This is the way the system operates.
It has not changed norealchange.
Were talking about the welfare of children, right?
What greater stakes do we have to propel us into action?
And there should be no feet-dragging.
It should be swift.
It should be definitive.
And I think until I see that, I remain skeptical.
