Summary
Some of the greatest horror movies have been adaptations ofStephen King’s work.
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He certainly didn’t ask for it.
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I think he’s a much bigger mind than that.
I can’t ignore that.
In fact, not only can I not ignore it, but I want to highlight it.
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And so that became the guiding force, and he likes it, so all is well.
There’s something that you said in our press notes that I really wanted to follow up on.
We have to go independent for this?
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And so I thinkwe would have been neutered in our humor.
It’s like, Pick a lane, Perkins.
It has to be one or the other.
The audience won’t understand it.
Left of center is where I belong, so I really appreciate that.
Theo, you get a unique acting opportunity by playing two roles.
You start understanding the rhythm of it, and also, accent inflects everything about your character.
It’s how you walk, how you talk, if you’re front or back-footed.
With this, I love the comedy of it.
I wanted to check that those two characters were comedic but in very different ways.
He’s unsure all the time.
Bill is the opposite of that.
When he moves, he moves with direction.
His voice is a little more grounded.
I knew that from developing something together years ago that he’s an excellent writer.
OSGOOD: I’m just a great writer.
JAMES: And a great kisser.
OSGOOD: I’m a good date.
JAMES: If you’ve got a good script, that gives you the anchors.
Sometimes, as an actor, you think you’re able to fix things.
There were times with the tone when I was like, Oh, is that too much, man?
I don’t know.
He was like, Trust me, it’s all good, and he pulled it off.
Is there anything about that part of the process that surprised you or required some adaptation?
JAMES: Well, for a lot of doubling, you use Technocrane.
That has to be locked.
Then the Technocrane will cover a piece of it, and then the computer locks exactly that movement.
The thing we found…
PERKINS: We didn’t have that.
JAMES: Well, remember, we talked about a Technocrane.
Then we realized that that would kind of box us into performances.
You like being light on your feet, so change things, throw in new lines.
And actually, in the end, we kind of did it more classically.
PERKINS: We got a guy who had the same ear as Theo from the back.
So, you oughta plan as the actor to know.
‘The White Lotus’ shows that Theo James can excel at being the bad guy.
You and Christian just absolutely knocked it out of the park.
JAMES: Yeah, hes great.
As did you, Oz.
JAMES: An artiste!
PERKINS: Im just a great writer and a brilliant artist.
I don’t know what else I can say about myself.
JAMES: And Christian is fantastic.
He’s such a great actor.
PERKINS: So good.
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