Steven Soderbergh Wanted ‘Black Bag’ to Feel Like the ‘Espionage Version’ of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’

Steven Soderbergh Wanted ‘Black Bag’ to Feel Like the ‘Espionage Version’ of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’

Never satisfied with convention, director Steven Soderbergh saw his latest feature “Black Bag” as an opportunity to not only deconstruct the spy genre, but also challenge preconceived notions around marriage. The film stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married intelligence agents forced to reassess their loyalties to one another. A noted cinephile, Soderbergh recently shared during a recent interview with Variety that he and screenwriter David Koepp took inspiration from a…