'Daddio' filmmaker Christy Hall spills the tea on working with the stars.
The Big Picture With the daunting task of her feature-length directorial debut in front of her, Christy Hall says she was happy to have Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in her corner. Not only did the revered performers star in Hall’s project, Daddio, but they also put their energy behind it as producers.
“It actually just makes it feel like a real family,” Hall said, “Everyone has taken such ownership of it, I feel like, when you’re going to be in front of the camera and then you’re also really integral behind the camera as well. So, I honestly just felt so endlessly protected by them.” What was first imagined as a stage production slowly but surely snowballed into a full-blown film.
With trust and support being one of the most important factors of creating a film, Hall said that she felt an overflowing amount of both from Johnson and Penn. “This being my first feature, I’ve raised my hand for a few of my scripts and I, a lot of times, was told no.
What’s Daddio About? Taking place primarily inside an iconic New York City yellow cab, Daddio centers around a woman’s ride from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens to Manhattan. When she gets into the cab, the passenger is unknowingly stepping into what will become a world-shifting conversation with the driver . While Hall has written and created projects in the past, including Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This, Daddio is the first time she’s directed a feature-length film.
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