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Tales ofWaterworlds making have long since passed into legend.
Whats less commonly discussed is just whereWaterworldcame from.
Back in the mid-80s, Peter Rader was a young graduate who wanted to break into the film industry.
His imagination fired, Rader began thinking about the sea.
Hey, Brad, Rader suggested to the producer; how about we do the whole movie on water?
Krevoys response was less than favourable.
Are you out of your mind?
A movie like that would cost us $5 million to make!
There were all sorts of very odd, funny touches like that, Rader said.
There were also some very surreal elements.
It was surreal he wouldnt show anyone the horse, he would always hide it.
The super-tanker in the movie was always the great set piece of the film, Rader said.
Likewise Peter Rader, who was replaced by David Twohy at around the same period in 92.
I as bummed out and disappointed, but thats just the nature of the beast.
With that new voice came a subtle shift in tone.
The white horse hidden from view on the Mariners barge?
Gone, as was the barge, in fact replaced by a faster and more agile trimaran.
Neptune, with his trident and clamshell throne?
Replaced by a less eccentric villain, who would soon be played by Dennis Hopper.
Another element that was dropped in the Twohy drafts: birds.
Also, birds were in very high demand, because they could detect something big nearby, possibly land.
We kept those elements in until the Kevins got involved.
They took out all of those lighter elements.
By this point, Joss Whedon had come aboard to give the film an uncredited polish.
When I was brought in, there was no water in the last 40 pages of the script.
It all took place on land, or on a ship, or whatever.
Im like, Isnt the cool thing about this guy that he has gills?
And no one was listening.
I was there for seven weeks, Whedon said of the production, gloomily, and I accomplished nothing.
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