Alfonso Cuarón Talks Rare Foray Into TV With Venice Series ‘Disclaimer’ Starring Cate Blanchett & Kevin Kline: “We Approached This Whole Thing As A Film”
deadline.comThe first four episodes of Alfonso Cuarón’s limited series, Disclaimer, are world premiering today at the Venice Film Festival.
Oscar winners Cuarón, Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline convened with the press ahead of the screening. The show marks Cuarón’s first directorial credit since his 2019 Best Picture Oscar winner Roma and a rare foray into TV.
He wrote and directed the seven-part show from the best-selling novel of the same name by Renée Knight. The final three episodes screen in Venice tomorrow. RELATED: Venice Film Festival 2024: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews The Oscar-winner said he had approached the production as if he were making a film: “I don’t know how to direct TV.
Probably at this stage of my life, it’s too late to learn how to do TV… we approached this whole thing as a film.” That had its downside in that it made for a lengthy shoot, he added. “To shoot a film takes longer, and these were like seven films, so it was a very long process… I really felt for the actors… they were stuck with those characters for way too long.” RELATED: Kevin Macdonald On Diving Into John Lennon’s Archive For Venice Doc ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ & The Musician’s Connection To Politics Today: “We’ve Talked About The Same Things For 50 Years” Blanchett stars as journalist Catherine Ravenscroft, who built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others.
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