Vic further elaborates, expressing her concern for American women following Trump’s re-election. “I was extremely moved by my TikTok feed after Trump was reelected because it was just so many young women and men who were crying, scared, and fearing for the future and what would potentially happen if they got pregnant and so on. The topic plays the biggest role in this movie.” Vic goes on to say that the film appealed to her emotionally more than to her intellectual faculties. She says, “When I first heard the script, it went beyond my intellectual interest in the topic. I felt sincere excitement, wanting to be a part of this with Magnus. That’s just the most incredible, grateful thing to have happened as an actor when you get in touch with material and with people like that.”
Magnus got candid that he didn’t ascribe any intention to The Girl With The Needle at first and that it was a work in progress. He said he only started seeing things with time on what the film could be. “That is what development is. At one moment, we feel some element is strongly present in the story, and we needn’t highlight it because the audience will find such strong connections, and we don’t need to push it. That’s also very comforting. Our job is rather to trust the story and not think so much about the meanings.” Having said that, he added that he not only wanted the film to be socially realistic but also wanted it to have an element of creativity in its style and form. He says, “That helps the audiences to take part in this story that has a lot of horrific elements. We wanted to find a way to make the film in such a way we can accept it or in a way, enjoy it, but not to make it look sweet to be true to the core.”
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