“I loved the relationship between, like, alcohol and dreams. Alcohol will suppress REM sleep, so you don't dream. And that's why Daeron drinks so much, is to suppress these dreams that absolutely terrify him. But the really upsetting thing and sort of tragic, juicy thing about it is that that REM sleep never dissipates. Your body builds up a need for it. So if you're pushing it off, if you have a five day bender, your body is just desperate to dream, and it will take it, as soon as you stop drinking all that buildup, and you have the most insane dream."
“So that I found really sort of fun with Daeron was like, he's an alcoholic. But it's not just because he likes to drink, it's because he needs to drink. And I just, I loved that sort of desperation that he had.”
