Drew Turney
Colin Trevorrow, the writer director of what’s become the hit of 2015 so far (on track to break the record set by The Avengers for biggest debut) sat down with Moviehole to talk about the dino-mite “Jurassic World” a few days back.
We took the opportunity to ask Colin about some of those pesky early casting rumours (Kristen Stewart, for instance, is noted in the IMDB Trivia section as being up for the female lead at one stage), alternate and deleted scenes, and whether it’s true he won’t direct “Jurassic Park 5”.
Is it true Kristen Stewart was considered for the role of Claire that went to Bryce Dallas Howard?
No.
What about Josh Brolin?
Josh Brolin I did consider, yeah. I think he’s a great actor. I thought he would have been a great Owen and I still do. But Chris Pratt delivered a performance that I’m so proud of, and he also was just such a blast to work with the entire time.
So what happened with Josh?
Not that anything happened. He was one of the people being considered. People hear that and it turns into a giant story. In the end, no offer or decision was made until we made an offer to Chris Pratt and he accepted it.
We’ve also heard you shot different versions of certain things.
I shot two different versions of a lot of things, and chose which one to use. We shot a version where Jake kisses the girl, and one where he doesn’t. We designed it so maybe Chris and Bryce were never going to kiss, and maybe they were. That’s just something I do to make sure that I have options during the process.
Are you really not interested in coming back to the franchise again? Are you going back to indies?
It’s not that I’m going to go back to the indie world. I just want to tell different kinds of stories. Man, I just threw every bit of dinosaur that I could ever possibly want to see into this movie. I feel so proud of it, and I had such a great experience but I want to continue to change and evolve.
Honestly, these franchises are very difficult to make sequels to. Just my opinion as someone who is partially responsible for pushing it forward, it’s part of my job. I think that this franchise would best be served by a model similar to what they do with Mission Impossible. That could get repetitive, but it never has because they always bring in new voices and each one is a little different. I think, that’s the best thing for this.
You can read the entire interview with Colin here.
