Warning: This article contains spoilers about1917.
But given Blakes shocking death and the loss of many other lives, it also feels a bit futile.
Both Chapman and MacKay feel the ending nails the emotional balance between those two extremes.
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Its very true of life, reflects MacKay.
Theres something I found quite peaceful in it its that life just goes on.
Its hopeful because hes made it through.
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But its also tragic given what the circumstance is, but life just keeps moving.
As the film does.
It picks up on the move and it ends on the move.
And the second after the screen goes black, life will continue.
He might not survive.
He says the Golden Globes were a double whammy of surreal moments for him.
That moment when they said1917was really surreal.
As a kid, I used to really look up to him.
He said how much he loved the film, so that was great as well.
I really want to meet Robert De Niro.
Hes my favorite actor, Chapman quips.
Sunday, its the last go, Ive got to do it.
We had to rehearse six months before shooting, explains Chapman.
You step on set, you do your job, and then thats it.
Whereas we got to see this world be built from the ground up.
Roger [is] a rock star.
While the film was designed to look like one long shot, thats a bit of movie magic.
MacKay admits its probably even more of a fake-out than people think.
Theyre like, What, so about three?
And its a bit more than three, he grins.
But that bit more than three could carry them all the way to Oscar gold.
