Doug Liman, the Bourne franchise producer and director of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, among others, is in Ukraine to help document the war with Russia, he told GMA this morning.
“I make movies about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances,” Liman told GMA‘s Michael Strahan, “and there’s 40 million stories like that here.”
In the interview, Liman talks about meeting the mother-in-law of a Ukrainian soldier who, along with her usual daily chores, is stockpiling Molotov cocktails, a meeting, Liman says, that gave him hope.
“How can Russia possibly dominate this country when babushkas got two cases of Molotov cocktails in the shed?,” he asked.
Watch a segment of the GMA interview below.
“I make movies about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances and there’s 40 million stories like that here.”
Hollywood director Doug Liman traveled to Ukraine to capture and share stories of survival on the frontlines. https://t.co/kWY5S6eOU4 pic.twitter.com/AHniYeyU7C
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