Tetris: Behind the Scenes

Let’s go deep behind the scenes of Apple’s new movie, Tetris! Starring Taron Egerton as Henk Rogers, this movie is based on true events and is an absolute whirlwind! There is a ton of accuracy behind the film – one thing for sure is how many laws Henk Rogers broke in the Soviet Union. Everyone in his life advised him not to go over there, but he risked his life for Tetris! The story has a lot of touching elements – one of the main themes is actually friendship! Henk Rogers’ friendship with Alexey Pajitnov is one of the driving forces behind the massive success that is Tetris. Henk was the first person Alexey could ever talk with about computers. He describes Tetris as his little baby and he never thought in a million years that he would actually get to make money from it – he was just so passionate about tech and computers at the time. There were also a ton of delays due to Covid which had an effect on the film. For one, they weren’t able to shoot in Moscow, so they had to opt for Scotland, wh