The World to Come Cast On Creating a Same Sex Romance Set in a Time That Had No Words for It

Director Mona Fastvold knew immediately how she wanted to approach The World to Fastvold and the cast visited IndieWire s Sundance studio, presented by Adobe, to discuss making the 19th century set romantic drama. For leading lady Katherine Waterston, what Fastvold tapped into with the film was the character s creation of a language that didn t exist. I didn t really see her as bashful, said Waterston. But she her character couldn t speak because there wasn t a place in her world for the language she had to The actress says that while there s a specificity to the character s plight, the themes of finding love is universal. Both Waterston and Kirby have had banner years, balancing serious independent work like this with appearances in massive franchises like Fantastic Beasts and Mission: Impossible, respectively. Waterston said, It takes so much time to figure out what she s