“My priorities withare I want the film to be good, and I want it to succeed financially,” he told Deadline during a sit-down at thefilm festival in Torun, Poland. “I look at where cinema is at the moment, particularly independent cinema, and I’m concerned. I know a lot of studios are looking, and these films aren’t making the money they did pre-pandemic.
“My first thought was, what’s been going on in Martin’s life? Why is he so upset? Because I hadn’t heard from him for a little while,” Davis joked. “I think it’s part of Martin’s journey as he matures as a film director,” Davis said. “Whereas before, so much has been about the words and the dialogue, now the visuals have become very much part of his thinking. A lot of it was written into the script.”Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri