'All the Light We Cannot See' author joins the Netflix series director and writer to explain the key book-to-screen changes in the ending.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr speaks with director Shawn Levy and screenwriter Steven Knight about the big tweaks to the story's ending in the miniseries.Nick is an entertainment journalist based in New York, NY. If you like pugs and the occasional blurry photo of an action figure, follow him on Twitter @NickARomano.nearly a decade ago, author Anthony Doerr has fielded responses from fans of his World War II novel, particularly about that ending.
"There's a pattern established through stories that we've incorporated since the moment we came out of the womb: If you have two characters that start at a distance and slowly inch their way towards each other, they might spend more than a few hours together in a room," Doerr says. "I found myself for years trying to justify that through historical accuracy, to say it wasn't very likely that Werner would have more than a few minutes.
With Loberti, who is blind, unable to speak with press due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, Levy shares his conversations with her about the finale. "She felt it was not just additive to have this moment of romance between Werner and Marie, but in fact essential," thefilmmaker recalls. "I once talked to her about whether I would keep it in or edit it out, and she's like, 'No! No! It has to stay in.
Knight says he did once consider tackling the epilogue portions of the novel in the show. As he mentions, "It costs you nothing to go there and try it." However, "I tend to let the page decide," he adds. "You try it and you feel that it's not right. It wasn't really true to the moment." The moment he's referring to is the final shot before the credits roll: Marie stands at the shores of Saint-Malo and throws the Sea Flames into the waves.
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