Taron Egerton on dipping into Cold War film about the rights to Tetris
The film, which is out on Apple TV+, benefits from having the real-life Henk Rogers, and the man who invented Tetris Alexey Pajitnov, on board in the writer's room, helping to develop the project.
"We did work on the script, and we were involved from the very beginning, but frankly, when we saw it on the screen, that was like a shock for us," Rogers told Backstage."It was an absolutely unbelievable experience.""We see our lives squeeze into a couple hours in a very condensed way and it's very truthful in spirit."
When asked about the enduring popularity of Tetris, Rogers added:"I think that Tetris is a game that can be played by everyone - that's the big difference. "There is no gender or age - it was the first game that was played by women in large numbers. We broke the gender barrier... so there's a lot of people, I would say, that were able to play games that were never able to play games before.
"It was also the perestroika time and these kinds of events gave us some hope - unfortunately, now the situation looks much more hopeless than it used to be there."
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