""You requested a ' Strange Darling ' conversation, and I didn't do it. I've always felt bad for not doing it. But it was because at the time, there were so many things I didn't want to explain to people, and you were going to ask me about exactly those things," Mollner said."
""I was exhausted at the time with people misinterpreting what I was doing, and I didn't want to get caught up in the minutiae of being defensive or over-explaining it," said Mollner. "I made a decision to just step away.""
""I had to get really zen about this," Mollner said. "I knew that I was a piece of this puzzle, and I knew I was just a part of the tapestry, and that I was going to be able to contribute the"
JT Mollner avoided public discussions of Strange Darling because of frequent misinterpretations and personal exhaustion. Strange Darling premiered at Fantastic Fest 2023 and later generated controversy after wide release for a venomous antagonist who implies a false rape allegation. Mollner cited a disillusioning 2018 Q&A experience that led him to stop dissecting his own work in public. Mollner has credits including Angels and Outlaws and worked with cinematographer Giovanni Ribisi on Strange Darling. Mollner later participated in a Lionsgate Zoom for The Long Walk and intentionally supported director Francis Lawrence's vision.
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