Swan Song stars Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris and writer/director Benjamin Cleary discuss their emotive performances in Swan Song, as well as the challenges and rewards of creating the film.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:10 CLIP: Introduction on the train
00:55 How the script came about
02:14 What drew Mahershala Ali to the project
03:18 How Naomie Harris got on board
05:49 CLIP: If mum could be here
06:55 The unexpected challenge of playing Poppy
08:03 Why Swan Song is not a sci-fi movie
08:41 CLIP: I don't like this
10:05 Playing two versions of yourself
11:12 Letting the actors own the story

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