All the Light We Cannot See Interview: Director Shawn Levy and Author Anthony Doerr
14Amid the feature films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is executive producer and director Shawn Levy’s (Stranger Things) Netflix miniseries All the Light We Cannot See. The four-part series is based on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr’s novel of the same name, and the two stopped by Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL Restaurant to talk with Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub about adapting the story from page to screen with unknown talent alongside two major stars.
All the Light We Cannot See stars newcomer Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure Leblanc, a young blind girl who goes to live in the seaside village of Saint-Malo with her locksmith father, Daniel LeBlanc (played by Mark Ruffalo) and her reclusive uncle, Etienne (Hugh Laurie) during World War II. Spending her time broadcasting radio stories, Marie-Laure catches the attention of Nazi soldier and radio technician Werner Pfennig (Louis Hofmann), who becomes fascinated by them, but they also capture the attention of his superiors, leading to suspicion that the broadcasts may veil coded messages. All the while, Nazi officer and gemologist Reinhold von Rumpel (Lars Eidinger) is on the hunt for a mythical gem, the Sea of Flames, which was once housed in the National History Museum, the very museum Marie-Laure’s father works at, and Reinhold is in hot pursuit.
During their sit-down, Levy and Doerr discuss adapting All the Light We Cannot See from the page to a four-part miniseries with Netflix. We learn why Levy, who claims Stranger Things, Shadow and Bone, Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy, and so many more under his belt, was the perfect guy for the job. They discuss casting Loberti, who is blind in real life, to play Marie-Laure and what she brought to set for her first-ever onscreen appearance, the challenges faced while filming, and so much more. Levy also shares updates on his other highly-anticipated projects like Deadpool 3, Stranger Things Season 5, his Star Wars movie, and more.
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