![]() ![]() ![]() I mixed the truth with the dramatically necessary. NH: I amalgamated some events and characters and focused on an impression of the music scene I knew would be cinematic and interesting. It was also refreshing to approach a music film from the point of view of a band not succeeding.īT: The book itself is very interesting and funny, but does not seem to have the structure for a screenplay, how much did you had to change it and what was the process of making it into a script? He presented an everyman character, whose journey I felt a lot of people could identify with. ![]() Nick Hamm: I read Neil McCormick’s book, and became fascinated by the story of a failure. The film is based on Neil McCormick’s memoir “Killing Bono: I am Bono’s Doppelganger.”įollowing is Cinema Without Borders’ interview with Nick Hamm, director of Killing Bono.īijan Tehrani: What interested you in making Neil’s Killing Bono book into a film? Based on real events, KILLING BONO tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick (Ben Barnes) and his younger brother, Ivan (Robert Sheehan), who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their school friends form U2 and become the biggest band in the world. ![]()
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