The film adaptation of her pandemic-themed short story Little Fish releases Feb. 5.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This story feels incredibly contemporary but was first published back in 2011.
Can you tell us how the idea came about?
Darcie Burrell
At the time I remember thinking, “Are people going to believe they would ground all the flights?
And can life really go on as normal as people are dying all around you?”
But of course now we’ve seen much worse.
I had readI Am Legendand books like that, but they mostly took place far after everyone had died.
So I was trying to imagine this world where things were crumbling.
The way that happened just came from my imagination.
Then of course just this week I read articles about people in L.A.lining up trying to get leftover vaccines.
When Mattson first started going through the story, he was taking notes on almost every line.
The Ensemblewas optioned as well, right?
It was, and I adapted it myself, and then the deal fell apart.
But it was a beautiful lesson.
What can you tease about your next book?
She invented time travel."
But I did interview a lot of them, and I’ll definitely thank them in the acknowledgements.
(Video courtesy of IFC Films)
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