February 24th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: Streaming,
Executive Producer of
The Queen’s Gambit, William Horberg was in conversation with film critic Luke Buckmaster last week as part of the Screen Forever conference.
Amongst the questions he was asked, “How do you make chess come alive on screen?”
“Well, I am going to push back and say, I don’t think it is really about chess,” Horberg said.
“It is about this character, a very, very unique character, Beth Harmon that Walter Tevis created. She is a genius, she is a nerd, she is sexy, she is a killer, she is shy. She was just so fascinating and embodied so many contradictions.