TORONTO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Author Dennis Lehane says he had complete faith in director Michael Roskam to helm a worthy film adaptation of his short story The Drop.
"I made a decision very early on in my encounters with Hollywood that I would only work with quality people. That was it. It's as simple as that. I don't sell directly to studios," Lehane -- who also wrote the screenplay for the New York-set crime drama -- said at a recent Toronto International Film Festival press conference.