You've pretty much done it all, as you've said -- what are the pros and cons of directing something smaller, more intimate, as opposed to a blockbuster? Well, I've tried to make this movie small. I tried to celebrate the smallness whenever we could.
Obviously, we have this huge spectacle, the logistics, we're inventing things that are difficult to accomplish. The maelstrom, for instance. Any of those sequences.
But once we're rolling the camera, we're always trying to keep it small and focus on the characters and the performance. So the stories are stories, as much as that sounds ridiculous, when you compare Weatherman with Pirates, but sometimes drama is a bank heist and sometimes drama is a mother's daughter having her period and not knowing what it is. Drama is drama, and its really .
.. if its something small you put a magnifying glass up to it, if its something big you use a wide lens.
What are some of the fun aspects of putting together the comedy? The Pirates series is obviously a very light-hearted series, and you're also known for a famous comedic commercial. Well, I think comedy is drama, often.
It's hard to have comedy over a period of time -- commercials are one thing, but over a period of time -- comedy and tragedy go hand in hand. When I speak of drama, I'm really referring to just 'desperately trying not to be ordinary.' Trying to get something that has a little bit of friction, conflict, absurdity.
When will we see Pirates 4? I'm just worried about getting three out, but we give you a little glimmer of hope. So we'll see what happens, se how this one goes.
Does Disney have an idea yet? There's an idea in the movie, so if that's the direction they want, that's our direction. National Treasure -- is that going to be a trilogy as well?
No, those are one-offs. There's about 18 pages of John Wilkes Booth diary missing. It's a true thing, 18 pages are missing, and what's on those pages?
So is there a plan for if this one does well ...
Well, those we do one at a time, to see what kind of response we get. Do you have someone in mind for The Prince of Persia yet? Not yet, we'll be attacking that, finally, when we get a director and a screenplay we want.
Figure out who's available and try to sign em' up. Do you think Keira would make a good choice to play the Persian princess? It's who's available, and who is right for the part.
Who creates the part. Someone who walks in the room and you'll look at them and say 'I want to see them act, I want them to create something special.' We went to Johnny Depp with the pirate and said 'he's kind of a drunk pirate,' and he changed everything up.
We just try to hire really talented people and let the rest work out. It's worked out pretty amazingly so far. Yeah, you look at the cast, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Naomie Harris .
.. Is there any talk of remaking any of your old classics?
Either you or someone else remaking them? You've pretty much done it all, as you've said -- what are the pros and cons of directing something smaller, more intimate, as opposed to a blockbuster?
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