Harrison Ford did a brief Q&A session with reporters at CinemaCon last week and talked a bit about Ender’s Game. See the video below.
Ford admitted he hadn’t read the book before he got the script, but it sounds as though he may have picked it up since wrapping the production.
Were you always a big fan of Ender’s Game?
No, I didn’t know the book before I read the script, so I really came to the project through the script.
Is it easier to approach a project through a book?
Sometimes it’s more difficult because books are books and movies are movies and they’re not always the same, the same craftsman is not always involved. I think it’s a very interesting book and the film, I think, is going to be great.
What was it about the script that you really liked? What about the Ender’s Game script stood out for you?
I just thought it was something we have not seen. I thought the story was prescient about some of the things we’re seeing in our lives right now and it was written 20 years ago, I guess. I thought it had a interesting moral question behind it, which is articulated in the film and I thought it would really be a good summer movie on top of that.
How was it working with such a young cast?
I’ve worked with young people before. I have had children of my own. I’m familiar with shorter people.
Source: via Ender News
