Production of the Soloist

The story of the soloist came from a LA newspaper, this means its a real life story. To create this realism in the film they used real homeless people that lived there.
The question was asked to "Joe Wright" the producer "how can you have a film without an ending", his answer to this was that he wanted to create a realistic film , including real characteristics of a man with schizophrenia and also didnt want to have a typical happily ever after, as do all hollywood films. It think by doing this it will shock the audience as it will not be expected.
Jamie Fox i think think must have been his most challenging role as "Joe" really wanted him to portray this character right. This is a big risk and and really tested Jamie as they didnt want to offend anyone who had this condition by not doing it right. Therefore this is a very sensitive topic to be doing.
Joe commented that the more he goes to America the more he doesnt understand it. This is the kind of feeling that he wanted his actors to feel when they were acting, this sort of uncertainty.