Channel 10 News - With Angela Bishop
Interview with Baz Luhrmann and Brandon Walters
From the Sydney red carpet for The Golden Compass
Date: 16 December 2007. Duration: 1:28 minutes.
ANGELA: Congratulations, only a few days to go on Principal filming
BAZ: Well we, ah, Principal photography ends in ah…exactly THREEEE DAYS. Is that right Brandon?
BRANDON: Yep
BAZ: This is the young actor…one of the leads in the film and his family. Come over here don’t be ashamed.
ANGELA: How are you? Nice to meet you, Brandon.
BRANDON: Hello.
ANGELA: How have you found working with Baz and Nicole?
BRANDON: Umm, well I’ve found it a bit… fun. It was good.
ANGELA: Well you look fantastic. You’re looking very ‘movie star’ already.
BRANDON: Thank you!
BAZ: He’s really covered all areas(?), haven’t you Brando?
BRANDON: Yeah
BAZ: Yeah, you’ve done dancing and things. We’ve had a great adventure I think. We had the wrap party last night so…
ANGELA: Oh, well you look alright despite that.
BAZ: Oh yes, I was very restrained last night (he says looking away, obviously lying) …very restrained.
ANGELA: And looking back on 9 months of all this photography, plus all your preparation, how are you feeling.
BAZ: Well I think last night there was a genuine, heartfelt, feeling of having completed it, you know? That was really the great challenge and the nine months the crew and every participant has been absolutely unflinching in their passion to see it through, so there’s an enourmous sense of joy actually. I mean, we have another big, big road to go, but there’s a great joy about having completed such a long project, and we are at the end of principal photography.
ANGELA: So when do we see it?
BAZ: (Baz slyly starts slowly walking away) Now, now, now (nervous laugh). As soon as it’s right. As soon as it’s right.