The Toughest Scene I Wrote: “Concussion”

Once again, Vulture does screenwriters a solid:

Vulture is speaking to the screenwriters behind 2015’s most acclaimed movies about the scenes they found most difficult to crack.

In an article about the movie Concussion, screenwriter Peter Landesman shares background on a key courtroom scene:

Will Smith’s character, Dr. Bennet Omalu, undergoes a journey that pulls apart the strands. His unraveling as a character leads us to the universal truths buried in the stitches of cultural backlash to his medical discovery, begging the question, “Who is this guy?” A question that, with so much ground to cover, I could only answer in one scene.

For the rest of the article, go here. Kudos to Vulture for this annual series which puts the spotlight on screenwriters.