This article originally appeared atDen of Geek UK.
Fate plays a huge part in writing.
I remember saying it out loud: Watch these fishermen.
Imagine there was a creature on their boat.
Watch how they behave.
It would be totally realistic.
And she said, Yeah, it would.
And from there, Edwards developed the idea that would become his debut feature.
Our full 2010 interview with Edwards can be foundhere.
Three years later, he brought Michael Miner on board, who was working on a project calledSuperCop.
Miner brought the idea of a cop who was heavily injured and was rebuilt as a robotic police officer.
Herman used to work as a bacon salesman, and Grimethorpe was his patch.
At the moment,Brassed Offwas born.
But the idea for the film went right back to his childhood.
He met the-then Vice President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, as a child.
Wolfgang Petersen would go on to direct the acclaimed thriller.
Hudson Hawk Some wind in New York City
Haters: I still likeHudson Hawk.
I looked back at it in detailhere.
He was walking past the Hudson river in New York, and a similar bracing wind caught him.
He figured that was the Hudson Hawk.
Thats where the title came from.
And originally, it had a role for Noel Clarke in it as well.
Clarke, whose latest directorial workBrotherhoodlands in cinemas next month, was due to play one of the leads.
Hed written his own wedding comedy beforehand, but that was on the backburner.
Clarke was the one who got dropped from the ensemble.
I was not chuffed about that,he told us.
And when he got dropped from the film, he decided to resurrect his own project.
I thought fuck em, were going to make our own one, and kill em, he said.
It didnt quite work out like that.
NeitherThe KnotnorA Few Best Menset the world or the box office alight in truth.
But the significantly lower budget forThe Knotmay just have made it the better business decision.
No: you had to queue.
