And realizing they had all been in the service of stories that were outside of myself.
Coogler shared, Black Panther, that was an open directing assignment, a job I was hired for.
I got this company that can make things.
© Warner Bros. / Chino Lemus
Ive engaged with audiences all over the planet, man.
Who can say, at my age, that theyve had four movies released theatrically?
And yet I still havent really opened myself up to the audience, Coogler shared.
I still havent brought something that was just me.
But if you know me, I love those movies.
If I had to reckon with the fact that the audience doesnt truly know me.
And I got scared that I would look up and be 50 and would still be in that situation.
And by then, I might not have anything to say.
So the movie was made because I had to make it right now.
And Coogler is a true horror fan, as the interview explores.
I consider Spielbergs work in the horror space to be a bit of a North Star.
And it is popular.
It gets the audience feeling like theyre on a damn roller coaster ride.
And Spielbergs not his only genre influence.
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