Mary Harron is the writer and director of films including I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page, and the director of the TV miniseries Alias Grace.
I thought: oh my God, they’re going to try and make a movie out of that? Well, that would certainly keep me off the safe mainstream. I read the script they sent, and thought if I’m going to do it, I’m going to have to write my own.
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