Director Lisa Joy on Reminiscence and the Fallout Amazon Series

With Reminiscence arriving in theaters and streaming on HBO Max tomorrow, I recently spoke to writer-director Lisa Joy about making her feature directorial debut. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Hugh Jackman plays a private investigator of the mind whose life is forever changed when a new client (Rebecca Ferguson) steps into his office. As he obsesses over what happened to her, he uncovers a violent conspiracy and is forced to decide how far he’s willing to go to uncover the truth. Thandiwe Newton plays his business partner and the film also stars Daniel Wu, Cliff Curtis, Nico Parker, Angela Sarafyan, Natalie Martinez, Marina de Tavira, and Mojean Aria. During the interview, Joy talked about the way Hugh Jackman supported her as a first time filmmaker, what people might be surprised to learn about Jackman, the challenges of making her first film, why she didn’t have deleted scenes, and more. In addition, with Joy and Jonathan Nolan working on the Fallout series (based on the video game) for Amazon, I asked