What first attracted you both to this project? TAHAR RAHIM Kevin [Macdonald], first of all, because I worked with him before [in the director's 2011 feature The Eagle].
He called me up and told me that he might have a good part for me. I didn't know anything about Mohamedou's story. We knew a lot about what happened at [Guantánamo] — but also, not really.
I thought it was really interesting to tell the story in this perspective, in a humanistic way. Plus, the [script] was so moving, and I could almost see the movie [in my head].
JODIE FOSTER It was a wonderful script, I have to say. And as time went on, the script got better and better. It became less of a political movie and much more of a human movie.
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