Former president Barack Obama offered his thoughts on the screenplay for 'Leave the World Behind,' an upcoming disaster movie written and directed by 'Mr. Robot' creator Sam Esmail.
about the former president's involvement in the creative process. "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," Esmail explained.
"I am writing what I think is fiction, for the most part, I'm trying to keep it as true to life as possible, but I'm exaggerating and dramatizing. And to hear an ex-president say you're off by a few details… I thought I was off by a lot! The fact that he said that scared the f--- out of me," Esmail said.| Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images; JoJo Whilden/Netflix
The filmmaker also said that Obama deemed some of Esmail's plot points too pessimistic, which "reassured" the director that his bleakest nightmares weren't particularly likely. Obama's pointers extended beyond mere logistics. Since he put the source novel on his 2021 book recommendations list, he also had ideas about how the material could translate into a movie. "He had a lot [of] notes about the characters and the empathy we would have for them," Esmail continued. "I have to say he is a big movie lover, and he wasn't just giving notes about things that were from his background.
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