On Swift Horses explores a dangerous LGBTQIA+ story in the 1950s, which was anything but safe.
And I think in 1945, it was illegal to love someone of the same gender.
Diego Calva: Unconventional for the time period, right?
Because people had to hide at the time.
But I think it’s just a love story.
It doesn’t matter like the sexuality.
I think that’s great.
And they’re kind of sparks between Muriel and Julius.
And he’s sort of a bad boy.
We kind of know it.
He teaches her to play cards, but she also already seems to know how to play cards.
I think they’re perfectly mismatched.
They’re never going to get together.
Spoiler alert, but a lot of unexpected things happen.
And I hope that comes across.
So you really get to see, I mean, I think it’s really heartbreaking to watch.
And all the period, the clothes pieces in this movie are amazing.
And I think the important part of placing this love story in the 50s is the hiding part.
Like queer people, gay people had to hide.
Kat Cunning: I’ve lived a lot of my life pretending to be in this era.
I’m a singer.
I started as a jazz singer.
Gay bars were raided every week, every night, sometimes twice a night.
Daniel Minahan: I hope we did a good job of adapting Shannon Pufahl’s novel.
When you adapt something, you consolidate, and it’s interesting.
When we made the screenplay, it kind of took on a life of its own.
It was a little bit more dedicated to the novel.
So, we’ll see how people, the die-hard fans of the novel, react.
And then just, there’s lots of little moments along the way.
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WhileOn Swift Horsesreleases in theaters on April 25.
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