Former reporter Mark Boal wrote a journalist into one of his screenplays for the first time.
He tells EW about how Martina Gusman’s character faces bigger dangers than American investigators.
Before he was an Oscar-winning screenwriter,Mark Boalwas a journalist.
Michiel Huisman, Martina Gusmán, Juan Pablo Raba, and Luke Evans in ‘Echo 3.'.Apple TV +
He drew on his reporting experiences in the Middle East for his screenplays forThe Hurt LockerandZero Dark Thirty.
“I’ve always wanted to write a journalist character, but never had the opportunity.
So there was the opportunity here,” Boal tells EW.
Martina Gusmán in ‘Echo 3.'.Pablo Arellano Spataro/Apple TV+.
They’re never actually under any under any physical threat.
It’s comparatively a very white glove experience.
Journalists in Latin America deal with life and death dangers to do their job.
The journalist character isn’t the only element that differentiatesEcho 3from Boal’s past screen work.
There’s an escalating series of misses and failures.
The first three episodes ofEcho 3are now streaming on Apple TV+.
