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‘Godzilla’ director, producer talk about
Passion behind rebooting a legend
“Godzilla” Director Gareth Edwards and Producer
Thomas Tull showed their excitement about rebooting
a legend as they answered questions from press after
a special screening on May 1, 2014 at TCL Chinese
Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, Calif.
Once the excitement was contained the press asked
Edwards and Tull about the larger-than-life monster
Godzilla that they had taken on. They both expressed
how they were fans of the original having enjoyed it
from childhood.
“Edwards spoke about how he sees himself a big kid
and he could recall being ten and seeing the original
Godzilla film and being thrilled by the film and so he
wanted to make a film in which both young fans and
older fans could enjoy equally.
The concern about having been brought into a film
like Godzilla that has regular fans and super fans was
a challenge.
Edwards said that making a film always has its
challenges
“We can’t say we are just going to make a film for
the hardcore Godzilla fans,” Tull said, the film they
wanted to make is that of a Godzilla movie that will
be for all fans of all levels.