McDonagh's stories often focus on snarky characters lashing out from feeling powerless, but the British/Irish playwright is better known for stage plays set in his Irish childhood town. Speaking to Deadline, McDonagh explained that he met Frances McDormand years before he began making films, and she asked him to write a part for her, "Which I was going to do anyway." He knew he'd need a complicated female lead for the next film he planned, inspired by a road trip. The billboards set off a small-town firestorm of opinions and emotions, with Hayes resolutely refusing to take them down.Ī woman's rage and pain at feeling nothing is being done about an assault might seem a little too on-the-nose, coming out amid the slew of sexual harassment and assault claims taking over Hollywood. So she takes matters into her own hands and buys ad space on three billboards calling sheriff Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) out personally. The movie centers on distraught mother Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), who feels the local police are too busy "harassing black people" to solve her daughter's brutal rape and murder, which occurred months before the film's events. The inspiration for the film came to the director almost two decades ago, but the story feels utterly real now. Though it feels like something that could've been ripped from the headlines this week, Martin McDonagh's brutal dramedy, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, is not a true story.
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