Mike Leigh, screenwriter and director behind iconic British films Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Naked, has described the act of making a film as a “journey of discovery”.
Speaking as part of BAFTA’s latest Screenwriters’ Lecture Series, Leigh elaborated on this idea, saying: “I’ve never made a film yet, and I think I never will, where what we wound up with was in any sense what I thought we might wind up with. Because, that’s not what it’s about. It’s about discovering it.”