And heres how the chat went… That the first watch is quite a broad one, but the second uncovers whats under the surface.
Themes such as lonliness, and the destructiveness of Gary.
So how closely do you follow that?
That what youre actually selling and what it is may be slightly different things.
it does have that side.
And I think thats good.
Or theyve been in the situation.
So I like that aspect.
The character of Gary King is somebody that most people know someone like, or they are that person.
So thats like the idea of the end of the movie really.
Its better than somebody watching it and saying thats all there is to that movie, goodbye.
The interesting thing with this one though is that I wonder if theres a slight trade-off.
I agree with you about Trojan horses.
As I go back to it, its the stuff like that that I pick up.
That wasnt my suggestion, nor was it a criticism…
No, I get that.
But you look at the films youve been involved in producing too.
It is an instant reaction culture to film now.
Yeah, I think thats fair.
There are plenty of movies that you should probably chew on a bit.
Movies that you return to and see something different in the second time around.
I found that with something likeThe Godfather Part II.
I think it took me three watches to fully experience it in the way it was intended.
Im not comparing my film toGodfather II…
… thatd be a poster!
Sometimes, some things have to settle, and you have to think about the intention of it.
Which viewing did you enjoy the most?
How does that contrast with the first time you saw it then?
But withThe Godfather Part II,I was blown away first time.
Were talking gradations and deepening?
And each of those films is fag packet maths here at least two years of someones life.
Thats the thing, though.
The films will last longer than the Tweets.
People wont be reading those Tweets in ten years time, but the films will still be around.
Can we look at Martin Freemans character briefly in the film.
There are two different questions there.
Firstly, the writing room.
Me and Simon write the film together.
But fromShaunwe shared an office.
So one person can punch in and the other can see what the other is doing.
Before that, it was always Battleships: two laptops looking at each other!
But I think on the flip side that youre the hardest on yourself.
The characters that are the most flawed are the ones that are based on you.
Shaun is based on myself and Simon, and elements of Gary are as well.
They know what theyre doing, they understand finance and business.
Theyve gone on to be very successful.
So theres an element of me feeling like a little kid next to these guys.
This was in 1991, and I was like what is that thing that kid has got?
They sell those old brick phones now as novelty Christmas presents.
What, the old ones?
But this was at school!
And Oliver was very slightly based on him.
I do have to ask are you putting The Statham in it?
[Laughs] Theres no Statham in the movie.
And thats no disrespect to Statham!
The thing aboutAnt-Manthat I do want to ask you is around the sides a little.
Because the mechanic changes for you here, doesnt it?
So how, in the midst, of such a huge enterprise as that, can you keep control?
Is there a little bit of you thats accepting youre going to have to surrender a bit of that?
I havent made the movie yet, so…
… thats a fair point.
[Laughs] Well, Ive written the movie as well, so maybe thats a slightly different thing.
I like to think Ive got a good handle on what I want it to be.
I think bigger movies, in some respects, do become more of a team effort.
Thats not a million miles away from the studio system so itd kind of like a team effort anyway.
I know that they want me to make the movie that Ive written.
I wish you all the best with it.
Just for the record, then: your favourite Jason Statham movie?
Oh,Crank, right?
And I likeCrank 2as well!
Edgar Wright, thank you very much.
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