When they say, "This shit is about to end," what do they mean? [Journalism] as a business. People are getting information through social media, and then the spread of crazy narratives-that's lack of fact checking, that's lack of journalism. When you see world leaders discrediting the work of journalists and putting their lives in danger, it's a very hardcore moment.
I really like the fact that this is a film about good journalists-a very specific kind of journalist, which is war journalists. I'm very proud of playing a journalist-I've done that before in a series called "Shining Girls," which I loved. But this one feels a very urgent call to reestablish journalism as an important pillar of democracy.
I think that is a lot Alex-it's how Alex wrote the character and how he wanted journalists to be perceived as people that are just there to present, which is the whole idea of this film. It's a film that's not biased-it's a film that doesn't have a political agenda. It's seen through the eyes of these journalists.
But Joel is more pragmatic and a little cynical-he's seen it, he's been there, he's been around for too long. It's about getting the job done-it's about doing reporting.
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