Leave The World Behind Director Explains Conspiracy Theories & Obama’s Involvement In The Film

After much conjecture, director Sam Esmail? explains how President Barack Obama was involved in his post-apocalyptic psychological thriller Leave the World Behind, which was recently released.?

Since its premiere, the thriller—which included renowned actors including Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Kevin Bacon, Myha'la, and Ethan Hawke—has been surrounded by a number of conspiracy theories, especially considering the Obamas' part in the film.

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President Obama's role in Esmail's freshly released thriller was made clear in a recent interview with Collider. Since the former president's input came after the script and main plot of the story had already been developed, the director acknowledged the various conspiracy theories that have been going around after the release of Leave the World Behind and said that they are untrue.

The director said, “I think the silly thing about the whole thing is President Obama really came on a couple of months before we started shooting, so the script had basically been written and done. He obviously gave notes on the script, but the bones of the story and the sequences were already written. I would just say they’re pretty wrong in terms of his signaling. It had nothing to do with that.”

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He added, “Because President Obama is such a movie lover, he really focused his notes on trying to cinematically portray what was in the book in a really interesting way. The book was on his reading list, it’s one of his favorites, and he really wanted to do justice by the book and this theme about mistrust and this being a cautionary tale about what could happen if we don’t have that community or bond that holds us together. So he really gave notes with regards to character, empathy, and also the disaster elements. It was really across the board. And again, it was all in pursuit of making it into a good movie. That was his main focus.”

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Some thought the film was a foreshadowing of future events, while others thought the Obamas were issuing a warning about society's reliance on technology and the ways in which it may be abused. Although these rumors have been circulating for weeks, Esmail's remarks on the Obamas' involvement disprove them and show them to be nothing more than a bunch of rumors.?

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