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Martin McDonagh says the CIA helped overthrow Chile's democratically elected government, leading to 15 years of fascist torture.
“to, um, destabilize and help overthrow a democratically elected government, which ended up in fascist tortures for 15 years.”
Martin McDonagh says that only in the last ten years has he been asked to change words in plays written 25 to 30 years earlier.
“Have I been asked to change words in plays from 2530 years ago because of offence taken by certain words that weren't there 25 years ago?”
Martin McDonagh says his work has become less violent over time, noting The Banshees of Inisherin has little violence apart from the severed fingers.
“if you discount all the fingers in Banshees, there's hardly any violence at all.”
Martin McDonagh says he got into the Clash at around age twelve or thirteen and that the band helped him question everything.
“I think I got into the clash particularly around that age, twelve or 13, and they were s such a great band to help a kid question everything.”
Martin McDonagh describes himself as a working-class kid in London who felt he had no future.
“I was a working class kid who had no, as Johnny Rotten would say, had no future.”
Martin McDonagh left school at age 16.
“and I left school very young, I left school at 16.”
Martin McDonagh says his first play went to the West End, then off Broadway, then ran on Broadway for a year.
“that went to the West End and it came off Broadway and then went to Broadway for a year.”
Martin McDonagh says he first learned about Chile, Allende and the CIA's role through the Clash song Washington Bullets, from the album Sandinista!
“Was it from a clash song called Washington Bullets and Sandinista?”
Martin McDonagh says Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was his most successful film despite having his longest title.
“Weirdly, three billboards was the most successful, and that's the most long-winded.”
Martin McDonagh says the film's original title was Wild Horse Nine, Easter Island.
“the very original title of this was, uh, Wild Horse Nine, Easter Island”
Martin McDonagh credits Harold Pinter and David Mamet with showing him a poetic heightening of how people really speak.
“I think it was like Pinter and Mamet particularly, who who made me think that there was like a poetic heightening of how people really speak.”