“I wanted to experiment with this notion that there might be a new way in which to tell a true story,” Layton said.
Layton didn't just film interviews with all the players involved - even the crafty admitted imposter, Frédéric Bourdin - but filmed Bourdin’s recollections through reenactments, blurring what was true and what was made up by Bourdin. His major breakout in the movie world was his award-winning 2012 documentary “ The Imposter.” In it, he tells the story of a man who in 1997 convinced authorities on two continents that he was a boy who had gone missing three years earlier at the age of 13. Layton is no stranger to putting a unique spin on stories that are already ambitious in nature. A style of true story you've never seen before And despite a “big Hollywood producer” having the life rights to the men, according to Layton, he began to work on a script for a movie that would depict how the heist went down. It often indicates a user profile.įor years, Layton had a correspondence with the men through letters while also feeding his interest in the subject by getting their case files and police reports of the heist through the Freedom of Information Act. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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