{"id":3055,"date":"2018-02-25T17:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T17:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/02\/25\/saoirse-ronan-wants-to-direct-and-we-have-greta-gerwig-to-thank-watch\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T17:29:38","slug":"saoirse-ronan-wants-to-direct-and-we-have-greta-gerwig-to-thank-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/02\/25\/saoirse-ronan-wants-to-direct-and-we-have-greta-gerwig-to-thank-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Saoirse Ronan Wants to Direct, and We Have Greta Gerwig to Thank \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like so many actors before her, what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/saoirse-ronan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saoirse-ronan\">Saoirse Ronan<\/a> really wants to do is direct. That list includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/greta-gerwig\/\" id=\"auto-tag_greta-gerwig\">Greta Gerwig<\/a>, of course, who made her solo directorial debut by directing Ronan in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/lady-bird\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lady-bird\">Lady Bird<\/a>.&#8221; In a new interview with Sunday Today, the three-time Oscar nominee reveals that making the film reignited her interest in working on the other side of the camera \u2014 something she says she&#8217;s &#8220;always wanted to&#8221; do. Watch below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/02\/lady-bird-house-sacramento-greta-gerwig-1201932468\/\" title=\"People Won\u2019t Stop Visiting the \u2018Lady Bird\u2019 House, and Greta Gerwig Feels Bad \u2014 Watch\">People Won\u2019t Stop Visiting the \u2018Lady Bird\u2019 House, and Greta Gerwig Feels Bad \u2014 Watch<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I saw Greta talk about the film and making it and putting it together, and how all of this came from her and she\u2019s done something brilliant that people truly love and it\u2019s a great piece of work that I thought, &#8216;Oh yeah, I do want to do this now and maybe I could actually do it,&#8217;\u201d Ronan adds.\u00a0\u201cThat was something I was drawn to before I was acting\u2026I\u2019d bully all my friends into being in little films that I made. I\u2019d get the camcorder \u2014 I loved bringing all of this together to make one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/01\/snl-will-ferrell-george-bush-cold-open-1201922327\/\" title=\"\u2018SNL\u2019 Reviews the Oscar Nominees: \u2018Lady Bird Sucked, Directors Should Be Men!\u2019\">\u2018SNL\u2019 Reviews the Oscar Nominees: \u2018Lady Bird Sucked, Directors Should Be Men!\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>No word on when she might make that leap, but in the meantime both Ronan and Gerwig are nominated for their work on &#8220;Lady Bird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like so many actors before her, what Saoirse Ronan really wants to do is direct. 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