It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.”.
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Saoirse Ronan, a cast member in"Blitz," poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Los Angeles. This image released by Apple TV+ shows Saoirse Ronan, from left, Elliott Heffernan, and Paul Weller in a scene from"Blitz." Saoirse Ronan, left, and director Steve McQueen pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Blitz' and the opening gala of the London Film Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in London.
Steve McQueen, writer/director of"Blitz," poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Los Angeles. But the spark of inspiration came from an image of a small boy on a train platform with a large suitcase. Stories inspired by the evacuation are not rare, but this child was Black. Who was he, McQueen wondered, and what was his story?and streaming on Apple TV+ on Nov. 22, tells the tale of George, a 9-year-old biracial child in East London whose life with his mother, Rita , and grandfather is upended by the war.
“I’ll never forget, I got a call saying, ‘Steve, she can not only sing, but it’s only going to get better,’” McQueen said. “I was very happy to call her back and say, ‘you got it.’”, the English rock star of the Jam and Style Council, in his first acting role as George’s kind grandfather. Rita also gets a solo showstopper in the original song “Winter Coat,” written by Nicholas Britell and Taura Stinson and inspired by McQueen’s own late father.
“Blitz” also introduces audiences to people they’ve likely not heard of: Mickey Davies , a man known as “Mickey the Midget” who turned the Spitalfields Fruit and Wool Exchange into a shelter; and Ife , a Nigerian air-raid warden who bonds with George, who was also inspired by a real person.
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