Inside Greg Wayne’s Creative Mind: Secrets Behind His Most Captivating Stories Revealed
MARK waits…
And waits…
And we
SNAP TO BLACK
Doesn’t that have a similar vibe to your script? Two guys driven to succeed and at the end of the day, they are “totally and completely alone”. Does that resonate?
Greg: Absolutely. I hadn’t thought of The Social Network when I was writing it, but that absolutely rings true. You know, when your character sets out to achieve a goal, they might not always use the healthiest means to achieve that goal. So, whether it’s Mark Zuckerberg alone in an office clicking refresh on his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook page or Michael Flatley alone on the stage having blown up his entire personal life, maybe that’s the price of greatness. Many of us may aspire to greatness, but maybe we’re not willing to stoop to the same lows or make the same personal sacrifices that certain characters do.
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