Director Edgar Wright has explained the conception and origins for his new music orientated car thriller Baby Driver.
When the trailer for Edgar Wright’s new film Baby Driver landed, a lot of people became very excited. Coupled with some sterling reviews coming out of SXSW, the hype for the movie was building fast.
Baby Driver, sharing a core premise with that of neon-noir thriller Drive, tells the story of a music dependant getaway driver who falls in love, ultimately having to pull off one last heist. The film stars Ansel Elgort as the peculiarly named Baby, along with an all star cast including Jaime Foxx, John Hamm, and Jon Bernthal.
Wright recently spilled the beans at SXSW on just how the idea for his passion project came to be.
“I had the germ of this movie rattling around in my head for a long time,” said Wright, explaining that 22 years ago, in his bedroom, he was day dreaming while listening to the John Spencer Explosion track Bellbottoms, a track which scores several of the movies chase scenes.
“I just listened to that song over and over again, and I just thought, ‘That would make a great car chase song.’ I sort of started to visualize the car chase to that song. I didn’t really have what the rest of the idea was. And then I started to think of the idea of a getaway driver that cannot really operate without the right music playing, like a soundtrack”.
Baby Driver certainly looks like a lot of fun, and should turn out to be one of the more stylish affairs of 2017.
A talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom. See it Only In Cinemas.
Baby Driver also stars Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal and Eiza González and is due out on August 11th in the US and August 16th in the UK.
Via IndieWire
Originally published March 21, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
