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The tome evolved from what Boneta originally envisioned as a screenplay inspired by some of the roles he had auditioned for and lost.

But I always thought, I wanna write plays, or screenplays, because that felt more in my wheelhouse.

Coogler — a Black director from Oakland, California, who was originally going to pursue medicine before a college professor pointed him toward screenplay writing — fought for his success.

Unsure of his creative and professional roles, Nick is living back home with his parents while he LARPs, bartends and tries unsuccessfully to write a screenplay.

It won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival and earned writer Lionel Chetwynd an Academy Award nomination for adapted screenplay.