Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Last Night in Soho)

A lot of Krysty Wilson-Cairns' life makes its way into Last Night in Soho — she even used to work at the Toucan, the pub where lead character Eloise (Thomason McKenzie) pours pints. Maybe it's because her life is fascinating. She explains how she went from hanging around a film set in Scotland to fetching coffee for the crew to writing the Oscar-nominated screenplay for 1917 with Sam Mendes. And how a night of drowning her sorrows with Edgar Wright led to her co-writing Last Night in Soho, which he directs.We also get into some very nitty gritty details about screenwriting that will help anyone who has ever wanted to write a script: How do you write a film that unveils over one continuous shot, like 1917? What's the right amount of exposition? How much should you describe camera movements? (Not much!) And what are some of the secrets of a great collaboration?Wilson-Cairns also tells us how Anya Taylor-Joy's character in Last Night in Soho didn't initially talk — and why it was essential to the story that she does. And she explains why there's no serum for cool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.