Why It Took David Fincher So Long to Make a Serial Killer Movie From the Perspective of One

David Fincher rose to prominence with crime thrillers that revolved around a range of sociopaths, serial killers, and vicious antagonists, but it took him 30 years to finally make a movie from the perspective of an assassin. His latest movie, The Killer, follows Michael Fassbender as a methodical and perfectionist hitman, who enters a personal crisis in the aftermath of a fateful mistake. With deadly enemies and his own demons catching up to him, he engages in an international manhunt.