Mary Shelley director Haifaa Al-Mansour interview: on trailblazing artists and how creative women can find a voice
They sent me the script and I was a little surprised. I said Im from Saudi Arabia I told my agent do they know really? and then I read the script and I really sympathised with the character. That legacy and celebrating her makes us succeed because people will always doubt you as a woman. Al-Mansour knows something about going beyond culture and conquering new frontiers. One of eight siblings, she grew up during a time when there was no Saudi cinema at all....