The writer of the first ever adaptation of Kubrick’s work on why this classic Cold War satire remains ‘horrendously relevant’ at 60
It was the quickest “Yes!” I’ve ever given, though I’m told by those involved it was the longest one they’d ever waited for. I had a brief lunch break in the middle of a busy film shoot, and decided to respond to the latest text from director Sean Foley. He’d been asking if I could call him about “something”. Because I was distracted, and an idiot, I’d failed to see the allure of that “something”, and had been doing so for about six months. Now was the time to ring him back. “I’ll cut to the chase,” said Sean, “I’m directing a stage adaptation of Dr Strangelove. Would you like to write it with me?” That’s when I uttered history’s fastest “Yes!”…