Outlaw King Interview: Director David Mackenzie
69Outlaw King Interview: Director David Mackenzie
With Outlaw King arriving on Netflix this weekend, I recently got to sit down with director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) to talk about making his historical epic. As you may have heard, shortly after Outlaw King made its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, he decided to shorten the running time by twenty minutes. When I sat down with him, I was very curious why he decided to re-edit the movie and if fans would ever be able to see the extended cut or the deleted scenes. In addition, he talked about the challenges of shooting on very remote locations that have never been used in movies, why he shot a lot of the movie using multiple cameras, his first assembly cut, and more.
Based on a true story, Outlaw King stars Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce, a man who transformed from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during Edward I’s occupation of medieval Scotland. Robert claims the Scottish crown, assembles an army, and stands up to the tyranny of their English overlord and his unstable son, the Prince of Wales. Outlaw King also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Tony Curran, Billy Howle, Stephen Dillane, James Cosmo, and Sam Spruell.
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