SPECIAL THANKS TO...
MACON BLAIR
REBEL RIDGE DIRECTOR JEREMY SAULNIER ON GIVING PROPS TO HIS BEST BUD
Chrissie Watkins (Susan Backlinie) comes a cropper.
OFTEN IT’S NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE to guess the scenario when it comes to figuring out the connections referenced in endcredit acknowledgements. Yet this might be the least surprising Special Thanks in the history of Specially Thanking. Given that he starred in Jeremy Saulnier’s first three movies (Murder Party, Blue Ruin and Green Room), and wrote his fourth (Hold The Dark), it would have been more of a shock if Macon Blair hadn’t been mentioned in the credits of Rebel Ridge, Saulnier’s latest thriller. “We’re creative partners,” says Saulnier. “Our first film was, I think, when he was 12 and I was 11 years old. He’s my first script-read, he’s my last script-read. He helps get me through the process. We’re both kids from Virginia navigating Hollywood. I trust his taste.”