In the comic-book lore, of course, you mutate post a traumatic event. You must have the mutant gene, but if something traumatic happens to you, usually at puberty, then that mutation manifests itself. Gavin Hood Read Quote
Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although ‘Tsotsi’ the book was written in the ’60s, it was only published in the ’80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance. Gavin Hood Read Quote
I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war. Gavin Hood Read Quote
There’s always a theme I’m drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We’re all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence. Gavin Hood Read Quote
For me, emotion comes first. If I have to change a scene, invent a scene, change dialogue, or put Graff by the lake in order to feel that dynamic, and the end results feels like ‘Ender’s Game,’ then hopefully it works. Gavin Hood Read Quote
Most big popcorn movies are ‘bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.’ And ‘Ender’s Game’ is just not that simple, so it’s an exciting challenge. It’s a little terrifying, and let’s see how audiences respond. Gavin Hood Read Quote
Ender’s Game’ has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there’s also a tremendous central character. It’s a balance. Gavin Hood Read Quote
Part of what’s so tricky in a film that’s two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore. Gavin Hood Read Quote
The truth about filmmaking is you have all these ideas and you’re trying to convince everybody that they should buy into this idea, but at two o’clock in the morning when you’re all on your own you’re going, ‘Geez, I hope I know what I’m doing. I hope this idea is gonna work.’ Gavin Hood Read Quote
