Deadline spoke to Satter and Sweeney, theEuphoriaandThe White Lotusactor who becomes Reality Winner before our eyes.
Indeed, a reality she very much created.
We knew that we could make itreal.
‘Reality’MAX
I never read anything ever quite like it before.
It was a real moment in someones life, and I was completely intrigued.
I literally called my team and I said: This cannot be someones actual experience.
Tina Satter and Sydney Sweeney attend a screening of HBO Films’Realityat Museum of Modern Art in New York CityDimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
How did this happen?
It completely blew me away.
and I started doing research.
I was like, Who is this person?’
I felt a lot of weight on my shoulders, she says.
Reality of course is still with us, and she has every access to see what I do.
I didnt want to put different peoples opinions on top of it.
I really wanted to get inside Realitys mind and her mannerisms and bring her story to life.
Satter says that when she first read news accounts of Winners arrest, her response was mixed.
She is complex, and there are things that might be contradictory to what people think about her.
And I thought that was just such a fascinating thing to explore.
I looked at it as a coming-of-age story for her character, she adds.
She is a human being who went through a very difficult moment.
Reality has not watched the movie, Satter says.
Its too hard for her still, too traumatic, and I really, really understand that.
HBO FilmsRealityis airing on HBO and is available to stream on Max.
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