Scottish filmmaker Kevin Macdonald shared an intriguing behind-the-scenes anecdote about the production of his 2009 fiction feature State Of Play this afternoon at the Edinburgh Film Festival, where he gave a keynote Q&A session alongside his brother, producer Andrew Macdonald.

In the session, chaired by Edinburgh TV Festival head Rowan Woods, Kevin was asked about his filmmaking forays in Hollywood, when he zeroed in on State of Play.

“I didn’t realize at the time, but looking back, that was a pivotal film in Hollywood, as well as for me, because it was sort of the end [of an era],” Kevin said of the film, which starred an A-list cast including Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck.

“Donna Langley mentioned it too when she did Desert Island Discs. It was a turning point movie for her at

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