Hag and Con with Director Sam Raimi
Hag: Was there anything that you’d liked to have put in the film but didn’t quite make the cut?
Sam Raimi: Yes there were so many ideas that didn’t make the cut. For me it was about the characters back stories – we just had to bring the picture to a particular length. I mean there was so much with Rachel that I loved and so much about her additional manipulations and levels of manipulations. Michelle has a great back story that we filmed, that had to do with her relationship with her father, the king was murdered and …..
Rachel Weisz: by me!!
Sam Raimi: Thats right, by you.
James Franco: I trained for weeks in magic!
Sam Raimi: That’s right, I had a great magic show with James and we had to shorten it. He really learned how to put on a fantastic presentation, but basically – I guess the job of most Directors and story tellers is just give the audience what they need, the seed and let them grow the story in their mind and come in here with a little bit of water and let them grow some more and put a little sunshine on it and that’s what I try to do, just find those pieces needed and try to be very strict with it. And even like that its probably a little longer than it should have been but that’s how I went about it.
Dad at the European Press Conference for Oz The Great and Powerful
Oz the Great and Powerful is in cinemas 8/3/13
