Captain Evere Interview
Question: Tell me how you came to be a part of the cast.
Answer: Of course. I had been a member of the most marvelous interpretation of Hamlet, a truly inspired showcase, the finest example of our craft. Sadly, the author developed writer's block and all work on it had to cease after three months with barely a sonnet written. I would have continued with the project, mind you, on an empty page if I had to, but I was offered what I knew would be the most challenging and rewarding character experience of my entire career. I was to be the King of the Dreadnaught Kingdom.
Question: You mean Captain Evere?
Answer: Yes, of course. There was an outline you see, but I refused to even look at it. Mr. Yeager was insistent but I stood my ground. Prepared plot points are a millstone about my neck. Improvisation is the purest form of character charm. A sincere and spontaneous moment in time that can never be reclaimed or reproduced. That is a purity I daresay most never achieve in their prose.
Question: Tell us about your wife.
Answer: Mina is the finest heroine of our generation. I cannot explain to you why that is, for art is to be shared by experience, not by description, but take my word she has more character traits in one little pinky then most have in their entire extended family. (laughs) I...I'm sorry, I just can't keep a straight face and say this. I thought I could, but I can't. (laughs uncontrollably)
Question: What was your favorite scene?
Answer: Ah, yes. The docks at midnight. The moon behind us, the mists surrounding us, the moment through us. My dear Mina and I, embraced in each others arms. Hearts touching, souls binding, eyes unflinching. We pledged our undying love for one another, and I gave the most brilliant monologue of my long career. Fifteen pages would have held its words, but all the libraries in the world could not contain its spirit. I tell you, it was magic that night, lightning truly struck down from the heavens and pierced the heaving breast of the earth.
Question: You do realize that scene was removed?
Answer: What?
Question: That scene doesn't appear in the book.
Answer: This is an outrage! I demand to speak with Mr. Yeager at once! How dare he call himself an artist, he is a butcher. A butcher, I tell you! A butcher of beauty, a butcher of truth, a butcher of art! (stomps off)
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