Mathew Horne
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Two weeks before shooting – after some of our financing dropped out – when the producers said I had to cut a week’s worth of scenes out of my script. I was on location and away from my daughters [currently in middle and high school] who I felt were needing a mother.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗
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