![]() ![]() Michelle Tesoro: For many years now, we’ve never been near production. Michelle Tesoroīelow the Line: In terms of the pandemic, editors are already more or less working remotely. ![]() Tesoro spoke to Below the Line from New Mexico. ![]() As a result, the matches in The Queen’s Gambit - which run an emotional gamut from flirtatious to tense and hostile - feel remarkably authentic. While its chess scenes are depicted with unprecedented accuracy, thanks to help from expert Bruce Pandolfini and grandmaster Garry Karsparov, The Queen’s Gambit is really the story of someone taking control of her life.īefore production began, Frank brought Tesoro and cinematographer Steven Meizler to Berlin, where much of the series was shot, for a “chess summit.” It was a chance not just to plan coverage, but to get a feel for the game. ![]() Like Eddie Felson and Thomas Newton, protagonist Beth Harmon (played as an adult by Anya Taylor-Joy) has extraordinary talents but limited social skills, including crippling insecurities she tries to assuage with tranquilizers and alcohol. The Queen’s Gambit was adapted from a novel by Walter Tevis, author of The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth. This is the third time Frank has collaborated with editor Michelle Tesoro, ACE, after the FX pilot, Hoke, and Godless, a 2017 Western that’s also on Netflix. Anya Taylor-Joy in Netflix’s The Queen’s GambitĪn orphaned chess prodigy struggles with personal issues in The Queen’s Gambit, a seven-episode series currently streaming on Netflix that’s written and directed by Scott Frank ( A Walk Among the Tombstones). ![]()
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