Netflix disaster movie has shared how Barack Obama influenced its production, and even sent him script notes.READ MORE: Barack Obama shares summer 2023 playlist including Boygenius, Janelle Monaé, Ice Spice and moreThe first fictional movie to come from former US president Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, is set to release on Netflix in December.
Leave The World Behind, starring Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke, is based on a 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam and is directed by Sam Esmail.However, it seems the former President has had more influence on the production than we might expect, with Esmail sharing that Obama actually suggested script notes for the new Netflix movie.
According to Vanity Fair, Esmail said, “In the original drafts of the script, I definitely pushed things a lot farther than they were in the film, and President Obama, having the experience he does have, was able to ground me a little bit on how things might unfold in reality.”The novel on which the movie is based was featured in Obama’s 2021 summer reading list, and Esmail shared that his appreciation of the book certainly influenced his role in the production of the movie.“He had a lot notes about the characters and the empathy we would have for them,” Esmail said.
He was giving notes as a fan of the book, and he wanted to see a really good film.”And Obama’s comments clearly didn’t go without impact.
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