But it wasnt until he started digging deeper that he realized there was much more to the story.

At that point, there was no turning back.

Fyre really played into this idea of perception versus reality, Smith says.

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We were set to film with him on two different occasions, Smith recalls.

And then it just never ended up materializing.

The editors behindFyrehad to start cutting footage from day 1.

At one point, Smith had so much material he considered releasing the project as a docuseries.

But in terms of moving a narrative forward, a lot of the times they felt similar but different.

We actually were cutting a [docu]series and a feature at the same time.

We were cutting a parallel edit.

Then there was the very negative portrayal in the media that didnt help much.