Neither used the word “bro” and there was zero talk about any sibling rivalry or late-night phone calls about their respective work woes, but Emmy voters who wanted to learn more about Amazon‘s Fallout were treated Tuesday to an interview with Executive Producer Jonathan Nolan by his Oscar-winning sibling, Christopher.
Jonathan Nolan — who was introduced by the Oppenheimer director as “my baby brother” — talked about directing the drama based on a post-apocalyptic video game and how the role of the Ghoul was specifically written for Walton Goggins.
But the 40-minute conversation at the DGA Theater also offered some insight into how the siblings collaborate and routinely inspire one another. “The exciting thing for me with this project was knowing that we needed showrunners to carry the story forward,” Jonathan Nolan told his brother about creators Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner. “I thought there was an opportunity for me to contribute as a sort of a producing director, for lack of a better term, to come in and try to figure out how we would bring this to life on screen.
The answer was to steal a bunch of shit I learned from you.” Jonathan recalled how a drive through the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah that he once made with Christopher is what ultimately inspired a pivotal scene from the pilot. “I went the very first time with you when you were moving to Los Angeles with [Christopher’s wife] Emma.
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