“It said, ‘RUN’ in capitals with a few exclamation marks,” the actress said of the line in the script
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- Samantha Morton revealed her iconic “RUN” scream in Minority Report was inspired by its emphasis in the script
- The 2002 film, directed by Steven Spielberg, starred Tom Cruise and explored a futuristic crime-prevention system
- Morton recently portrayed Circe in The Odyssey
Samantha Morton is reflecting on her iconic scream of “RUN” delivered in a pivotal scene in 2002’s Minority Report.
In a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz, the Odyssey actress, 49, said of the scene: “Well, it just was in capitals in the script.”
“It said, ‘RUN’ in capitals with a few exclamation marks. I was like, ‘We got to do this. We can do that.’ Yeah. And I think it just happened,” Morton added.
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The film, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, was set in Washington, D.C. in 2054. It follows Cruise as John Anderton, the head of a police unit known as Precrime, which stops murders before they take place using visions from psychic “precogs.”
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Morton plays a precog who predicts that Anderton himself will murder a stranger in the next 36 hours, sending him on the run.
Morton more recently portrayed Circe in Christopher Nolan‘s epic, The Odyssey — a goddess with the ability to turn people into animals, appearing in a pivotal moment in the story of protagonist Odysseus’ tumultuous journey home after the Trojan War.
In the film, Morton delivers a powerful monologue about men abusing power.
Speaking to The Sunday Times in an interview published on Saturday, Aug. 1, the actress said of the scene, “These weren’t just words.”
“I believe them as Sam, not just Circe,” she told the outlet. “And when I opened my mouth, I was every woman. I was speaking for my mother, who suffered all sorts at the hands of men. And my sister, friends, grandmother. It was all the wrongs and ways that women have been depicted or treated forever.”
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