‘May December’ Writer Samy Burch Finally Boards The Promo Train Post-Strike At NY Film Festival; Director Todd Haynes Says Her Presence Counters “The Grief Of Not Having Actors”
deadline.comTodd Haynes, who has appeared on behalf of his latest directing outing, May December, since its splashy debut in Cannes, turned to a new collaborator when promoting it at the New York Film Festival.
Samy Burch, writer and executive producer of the film (which is based on an original story developed by Burch and Alex Mechanik) had to skip Cannes and any subsequent activities for the film in recent months due to the WGA strike.
Prior to the July walkout by SAG-AFTRA members, co-stars Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman had joined Haynes on the stump. But at the film’s NYFF opening press conference (its gala debut is tonight at Alice Tully Hall), Haynes cited the script often.
Before long, it fully registered who was able to sit onstage to his immediate left thanks to this week’s end to the WGA strike. “It will be so fun to finally have her onboard with us!” he enthused, wrapping his arm around her as the crowd at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater broke into applause. “It helps us a little bit with the grief of not having actors.” That was the most prominent mention of the strikes during the 20-minute press conference for the Netflix release.
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