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Thelmaintroduces a new kind of action hero in 93-year-old Thelma Post, a pensioner on a mission of revenge.
This dynamic between the two bled into real-life as well.
The connections to real life dont end there, either.
The movie is based on writer and director Josh Margolins own experiences with his grandmother.
However, unlike his on-screen counterpart, he answered the phone before any money exchanged hands.
“Which I think is true.
“I would say with every day, increasingly, she did more and more of her own stunts.
Thankfully, the consent did come, and it was a big moment on the set.
[We were] so excited because we had secured the rights to that footage.”
Move aside, Ethan Hunt.
Thelma is in UK cinemas now.
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