In 2015, Nolan wrote a 76-page screenplay--about half the length of his usual scripts, and his shortest to date--with a precise structure that necessitated fictional characters, rather than ones based on eyewitnesses.
Nolan wrote a 76-page screenplay--about half the length of his usual scripts, and his shortest to date--with a precise structure, rather than ones based on eyewitnesses. This was in 2015. This precise structure necessitated fictional characters.