Turner(2014), Leigh returns to contemporary London with the dark but often comicalHard Truths.
The initial conversation is usually Should we work together again?
I dont know what its going to be about.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy in ‘Hard Truths’Simon Mein/ Copyright Thin Man Films Ltd
The approach was so immersive that filming could begin without a final script.
Its almost like programming a robot to behave in a particular way, Jean-Baptiste said.
But thats mainly Mikes job: to manage the performances, in a way.
But all thats going on in Pansys head when shes doing things areherthoughts.
But I mean just life sets Pansy off.
Check out the script, which won the Best Screenplay prize from theNational Board of Review, below.
