Zal: So at the end of chapter two, Bill and Darby meet each other in real life for the first time. We were playing Frank Ocean's "Moon River". I had whispered in Emma's ear, You're seeing Bill for the first time. But like anytime you meet someone that you're going to have this intense love affair with for the first time, you're also seeing the end of that relationship. It's like the end and the beginning exist simultaneously. And then Emma did this take, and I could see it in their eyes. There was something - like what I said is so hard to then put into your eyes. I don't know how you do that. But they were able to do that. It was stunning to watch.

A murder at the end of the world (Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij, 2023)