Michael Fassbender said he read the Shame script over 300 times. He explained that he wanted to understand Brandon without judging him, so he kept returning to the pages and asking himself the same question: ‘What would Brandon do in this scenario?’ When the film was finally finished, Fassbender watched it for the first time with his father, Josef. Both were quietly relieved that his mother, Adele, wasn’t there to see it. Shame (2011) • Directed by: Steve McQueen • Written by: Steve McQueen & Ab