McG Terminator Salvation Interview
Director McG was all over the place at the US premiere of 'Terminator Salvation,' complimenting his cast while they were being interviewed, calling out to friends passing by, and generally having a helluva good time - as you can see in this video.
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Transcript: McG Terminator Salvation Interview
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the US premiere of Terminator Salvation .
Terminator Salvation Director McG
Is it more stressful now that it's on the eve of release or when you were actually working on it?McG: "No. I mean my whole thing is to focus very diligently and make sure the film represents exactly what we set out to do from the early conversations. We wanted to reinvigorate the franchise. You do that by populating the film with the most talented actors in the world, the most talented writers in the world, and the great Stan Winston. "
You're just having too much fun.
McG: "These are my friends. They haven't seen the movie yet so I'm hoping in two hours I'm in a good mood, but it looked good this morning at the run through. So, to me, the focus is in the making of the film process and you want everybody to feel respected, and you want it to turn out the way you envisioned."
Well, turning out the way you envisioned, you had to lose something to get from an R to a PG-13. How important was that?
McG: "Not really. We barely lost anything to get from an R to a 13, and that was the whole thing. At the end of the day, the shot or two of extra blood that bumped us to an R didn't feel critical to the story and the character. And I think it would be a shame to have the film garner an R rating if you had just two dopey shots that didn't really mean that much at the end of the day. And we've seen films made compromise-free - for example, the great Dark Knight - that was a PG-13 picture and I don't think any of us would characterize that as filled with compromise. They made the film they wanted to make. And we were given the freedom by Jeff Robinov and Alan Horn at Warner Bros and Amy Pascal at Sony to shoot an R picture if that's what we came up with. So at the end of the day we came up with exactly what we intended, and we got a PG-13."
Why isn't Jonah Nolan's name in the credits?
McG: "I don't know how that works with the WGA. Brancato and Ferris did a great job. They wrote the original script and they do some sort of arbitration that I don't completely understand and they figure out who does it. But I spent a great deal of time in the desert with Jonah and a guy named Shawn Ryan who writes The Shield and Anthony Zuiker who's behind the CSI idea. But I think with Jonah we had a great deal of heavy-lifting and we did a lot of work late into the night. And he's largely the architect of the picture."
Your producers said you are definitely doing #5 so that's true?
McG: "I would never be so bold as to say there's going to be a number 5. We'll see what the fans have to say. I feel very good about where the story is and we'll see if the fans want it. It's in the hands of the fans."