“One of the interesting dichotomies between the two men (Rust and Marty) is that the one man has literally nothing governing him, and yet he keeps himself rigidly self-governed. And the one that has family and should be more governed, uses that as an excuse to go un-governed.”

Nic Pizzolatto, the creator and screenwriter of True Detective, describes how he got into screenwriting and the process of writing the award-winning HBO series. Behind the Curtain and Pizzolatto break down his creative mindset while crafting True Detective‘s multi-dimensional, flawed, yet iconic characters Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Harrelson).