Interview with Christopher McQuarrie
INTERVIEW FROM FILM SCHOOL REJECTS: At the start of Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow our hero, Lt. Col. Bill Cage ( Tom Cruise ), is a coward. He’s more than ready to runaway from a fight he knows he’s not equipped for. That’s not the kind of hero we expect from a blockbuster, but it’s the type of subversive choice we should expect from screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie , who had a hand in bring Hiroshi Sakurazak’s graphic novel, All You Need Is Kill , to the big screen. A protagonist unwilling to help save the world isn’t the only fresh idea in Edge of Tomorrow . Even when Cage becomes a fierce soldier, he’s still no match for the bad-ass helicopter-blade-wielding Rita Vrastaski ( Emily Blunt ). She is the hero of this movie. Vrastaski drives the story. Cruise, once again playing a role a lot of movie stars would pass on, consistently pushed for his co-star to be this film’s true hero. Cruise and McQuarrie’s creative partnership is built on risky choices. Valkyr
