| Director Interview
Question: What was it like working with everyone to make this book?
Answer: Um, it was a really interesting experience. There were a lot of things I wasn't expecting.
Question: Like what?
Answer: Well, I wasn't expecting to drink a liter of Pepto-Bismol a day. So, that's one thing. No, I'm kidding. These are all professionals and they are a pleasure to work with. But, seriously, I was eating TUMS like they were candy.
Question: Was the celebrity hype over Athel and Privet's off-screen romance a problem during production?
Answer: I've got an ulcer the size of a grapefruit, and you ask me if it was a problem? Yes, it was a very big problem. I was trying to make art and I've got these thoughts all asking me questions, questions, questions. All they wanted to talk about was the two of them dating. Athlivet they called 'em. It was all over in my head and my dreams. Athlivet this and Athlivet that. Where are they going together? What are they eating together? What are they reading together? I'd be ready to start a scene and I couldn't find the props I needed because someone ran off with them. It was a nightmare. An absolute nightmare. And when they broke up, it only made things worse.
Question: Now, you are currently working on a sequel, is that correct?
Answer: Yes.
Question: How is that coming along?
Answer: Well, I'll tell you. When the first book was done, I knew we had made something that I was very proud of. Quite proud. But, I had a lot of problems getting it made. A lot. I had secondary characters and tangents suing me because they wanted to be paid, I had a villain who lost their mind and threatened to buy up every copy of the book so that no one but them could ever read it, I had characters who refused to be in the room if any food containing rice was present, I had a budget that was two zeros too small for the special effects I wanted to do. So, naturally, when the option came up to do a sequel, I figured that just about anything that could go wrong already had, so I was safe. Boy was I wrong.
|
