Directors give thoughts on what they'd do with final 'Potter' movies
May 11, 2007 at 7:12 PM ET
Geri
Yahoo! News (via MTV Music Television)
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Some well known directors, such as Zack Snyder (300), David Fincher (Fight Club), Rob Zombie (Halloween), George Miller (Happy Feet) and others give their thoughts
on how they would direct the last movies in the Harry Potter series.
Below is what some of the directors said before we knew that David Yates was directing Half-Blood Prince:
Tom Tykwer (Perfume):
What I like about the Harry Potter series is, the older Harry gets, the more scary the movies are, and I think I would push for the scary parts more than what has been done. It's getting there. I'm curious how far they're daring to go there.
Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond):
At the time of the first Harry Potter, I think my first daughter was 8 or 9 and I was reading it to her. I certainly would have known what to do with that. That would have been fun. She would have been very happy had I done it, trust me. But now? I don't know. I think it was wonderful when I saw Cuarón's third episode of it. I think he reinvented it. He did a really great job. I'm not sure I'd want to be the fifth director, though.
Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth):
I actually got offered the third one, before Alfonso, and I actually asked the question, 'What about Alfonso?' Because I thought he was perfect for it. I really love the books, they're incredible rich and textured, incredibly well-informed and -research, and I think they have a very dark universe - it's actually darker than the movies have been, up until Alfonso came onboard. Now they have a darker tone. I would hope that he would return, because out of all the movies that I've see, that have been released his is the one that I've liked the most. I would love for him to come back into that universe. I hope he gets to play in it again. [If he doesn't,] I would love to do one, but I would love to do one where I can kill of one of the characters. I would love to kill off one of them. I would like to be the guy who ends the franchise - I come in and destroy everything that everyone else has created! [He laughs.]