
And to do so, I need to tell the audience immediately, ‘Hold on, hold on.

And I don’t want to hide it I want to make it the dramatic substance of the story. She’s much too young for you, and you’re much too old for her. Yeah, I said to Kevin as I started writing the script, “Listen, buddy, this is about a marriage that’s inappropriate. Since too many movies have swept significant age gaps between couples under the rug, were you consciously doing the opposite? I appreciated how you not only acknowledged the age difference between Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried’s characters, but you also discussed it in a way that sets the stage for the resolution. I hope they go off to find their own bullshit in life, but that’s kind of what I wanted this story to be about, as well. I hope that none of my kids ever get caught in the sort of swirling, muddy waters of my flaws and my bullshit. But I know it must because I’m human and I have flaws, and she’s going to learn them. I’m grateful for the way she looks at me, and I hope that it never changes. You see the way your young kids look at you, and what they see is an idealized version of you. ( Laughs.) Also, I have four kids, and my youngest is nine years old. So, guilt, purgatory and retribution are all very much in my head every day when I’m walking around. Yeah, I grew up in Wisconsin in the ‘70s and went to a Catholic school in a small town. Was “the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children” on your mind when writing this? Things go together that you didn’t imagine. Things that you didn’t expect to work, do. I think this is my 30th movie, 29 or 30, and storytelling is a mystery every single time. But storytelling just kicks your ass every single time, and it never gets easier. How hard can it be?” And logistically, it wasn’t because it was that number of days and one place. ( Laughs.) I think I went into this movie, not saying it out loud, not even saying it in the front of my mind, but in the back of my mind, thinking, “Okay, this is going to be a 26-day shoot with one location. I think it’s going to be, and then it isn’t.

So, no script is easy, but relative to the complex stories you’ve written in your career such as Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible, is the horror genre a walk in the park for you? In a recent conversation with THR, Koepp also discusses Robert Zemeckis’ unknowing contribution to Jurassic Park, Dennis Nedry’s famous Barbasol can and Blumhouse’s willingness to do reshoots. Certainly, what he did with Logan was remarkable…” But if there’s going to be another Indiana Jones movie, I think James Mangold is a great guy to explore it. Sometimes, they do sometimes, they don’t. Steven couldn’t do it in the end and whatever. “So, I did a couple versions of this last one that I thought were good the last one, in particular.

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The first and third movies in that series are just utterly beloved, and ‘utterly beloved’ is a high bar,” Koepp explains. “The reason Indiana Jones movies are so difficult is because it’s really difficult. As disappointed as he was to not see the fruits of his labor, Koepp is now opening up about the challenging time he had on the long-gestating Indiana Jones 5. When Steven Spielberg officially departed Indiana Jones 5 in February, Koepp followed suit out of deference to incoming director James Mangold and his creative process. This is story.’ And I’m going to have to make jokes about how old you are, early and often.’” She’s much too young for you, and you’re much too old for her,’” Koepp tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I said to Kevin as I started writing the script, ‘Listen, buddy, this is about a marriage that’s inappropriate. Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
