I Don't Want To Make Pompous, Serious

Brian Cox Is The Nicest Guy, But He's So Arrogant.

Normally, I'm A Very Controlling Director. Directors Are Controlling. It's Part Of The Job, But There's Various Degrees Of It And The Constructs I Normally Work On Are Very Controlling Constructs.

I Don't Want To Make Pompous, Serious Films.

One Of The Things In The Mary Shelley [frankenstein] Is That The Creature Tells His Story, So This Begins With The Creature's Point Of View. So, It Literally Starts With The Creature Opening His Eyes And Is Born - But Is Obviously In His 30s. But Because They're The Creator And The Created We Thought It Would Be Really Interesting If They Could Look At Each Other Every Other Night And Play Each Other's Roles.

Actors Are Steeped In A World Of Agents And Where The Next Job Is Coming From And What Are Their Expenses And What Is The Hotel Like. You Want To Take Them Out Of That World And Dump Them Into Another World, So That When You Meet Them On The Screen They Don't Seem Like The Guy Who Was In Two Others Movies That Year.