“We both started pushing money through the grate in front of us separating the front and back seats and when we ran out of money they stopped and left us on the side of the road. It took us about three hours to walk back and that was really the genesis of Elysium because I could see floodlights from the US border and there were Black Hawk helicopters flying up and down and we were in this poverty stricken area with fires and feral dogs and it was the most insane feeling I’ve ever had in my life.”