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“Green Room” writer and director Jeremy Saulnier paid tribute to late actor Patrick Stewart, whom he credits with saving the day when the film was “close to shutting down": "He had no business doing this movie. He had plenty of opportunities otherwise.” His star power revitalized the production when it was “at the point of no return,” said Saulnier, and no one had been cast as Darcy Banker. “We’re fucked, and we were close to shutting down... Instead, this dude came out of nowhere, from way above our sort of zone, and just swooped down, nosedived into our cruddy ass movie and saved us." variety.com/2026/film/news/g…