▁L oving ▁Story ▁( 2 0 1 1 ). ▁Both ▁Nich ols ▁and ▁Ed g erton ▁felt ▁the ▁main ▁challenge ▁of ▁bringing ▁Richard ▁to ▁the ▁screen ▁was ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁where ▁he ▁fell ▁on ▁the ▁intellectual ▁spectrum , ▁as ▁Richard ▁was ▁not ▁well ▁educated ▁nor ▁naturally ▁gift ed , ▁and ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁understood ▁the ▁case ' s ▁complex ities ▁or ▁its ▁social ▁ram ifications , ▁with ▁both ▁actor ▁and ▁director ▁holding ▁convers ations ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁Ed g erton ▁spoke ▁of ▁Richard , ▁the ▁difficulty ▁in ▁holding ▁an ▁acc ent ▁with ▁a ▁t ac it urn ▁approach , ▁while ▁referring ▁to ▁roles ▁of ▁the ▁past : ▁" With ▁a ▁character ▁like ▁John ▁Con n olly ▁of ▁Black ▁Mass ▁( 2 0 1 5 ), ▁you ▁really ▁get ▁to ▁fly ▁on ▁the ▁rh ythm ▁of ▁an ▁acc ent , ▁and ▁the ▁rh ythm ▁is ▁so ▁much ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁an ▁acc ent ▁is . ▁When ▁you ▁don ' t ▁have ▁much ▁to ▁say , ▁it ' s ▁hard ▁to ▁l atch ▁onto ▁that ▁cad ence ." ▁Ed g erton ▁also ▁involved ▁himself ▁in ▁brick lay ing ▁to ▁prepare ▁for ▁the ▁role , ▁and ▁while ▁speaking ▁of ▁his ▁experience ▁he ▁remarked ▁that ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁fully ▁understand ▁Richard ' s ▁post ure : ▁" S ud den ly ▁it ▁made ▁sense ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁mechan ics ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁... ▁Here ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁looked ▁awk ward ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁body ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁so ▁used ▁to ▁conser ving ▁energy .