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Well, its sort of in-between, I guess.

A lot of people did work on goodwill or like extremely modest fees.

I dont have a final locked budget for it yet, but its gonna come in around 6,000.

So, the budget was about 6,000 and that all came out of my back pocket.

How did he come on board with the film?

I still kind of have trouble believing I have met the man, let alone directed him.

I mean, that was a total fluke.

That warm, gentle authority and that absolute trustworthiness.

Like, if he told you the sky is tartan, youd believe him.

And while he was here, he did a couple of one-man shows at the Sydney Opera House.

[I] didnt really think much more about it.

I mean, Id idolised this man since I was about nine years old.

You should have got them to be in the film as well.

Yeah, its that kind of stuff.

He was exactly as you would think Stephen Fry would be in real life.

He asked me how I was paying for it and he was like, But youre a young person!

Surely you dont have any money?

Did you approach any of the other high profile listeners?

The Hello to… brigade?

Pass it onto him!

Havent heard back from him yet, but you know, theres still time.

He said he wanted to play all the penguins.

And so, I still hold out hopes for that.

Its not a situation thats arisen for those actors before, is it?

Arm wrestling for work?

Yeah, probably not!

I think theres value in that, instead of having their agents haggle over the fees.

Are you a fan of theHarry Potterseries?

How much did those books and films influence the script, as opposed to the knock-offs, likePercy Jackson?

Well, theres that as well.

I just wanted to be free to go off in other directions.

Do you have any worries about a wider audience understanding the jokes?

I think it totally stands on its own.

For people who dont know the show, its just weird.

It still makes sense, but it just seems incredibly weird.

But, you know, the script still made sense.

That wasnt a spoiler was it, involving Mumblecore and an Unfortunate Event?

The Unfortunate Event doesnt involve Professor Mumblecore.

Actually, the Unfortunate Event is the first thing in the film.

I do want to avoid spoilers.

But I dont think you should probably be one of the Wittertainment faithful to get the film.

Definitely, you should play it during the trailers.

How will the film be distributed?

Do you have any studios interested in exhibiting the film?

Ive just sort of set up the premiere.

More than that, Dr. Kermode has since spawned Being Jason Isaacs as a new film idea.

Will you be dipping back into the world of Wittertainment for your next feature, whenever that may be?

At this stage, anything is possible.

I think Being Jason Isaacs could possibly make a great short.

Theres a big short film fest in Australia called Tropfest, so thats a potential project for that.

That idea would work great as a seven minute mockumentary kind of thing.

But that would really depend on whether Mr. Isaacs wants to be involved or not.

Thats a great nickname for it, there,BSATCOP.

Jeremy Dylan, thank you very much.

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