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Ben Miller is HUGE

BenMiller85x115.jpgIt's plain Ben Miller is a very talented man. Possibly most famous for being one half of the Armstrong and Miller comedy duo, playing the producer in the Tony Jordan series Moving Wallpaper, and playing Richard Lester in Primeval, he also studied for a PhD in solid state physics at Camrbidge University, and has appeared in a clutch of movies including The Parole Officer, Johnny English, and Razzle Dazzle. Now he's written the screenplay for his new movie HUGE, assembled the funding, and got together a pretty starry cast to make it. (Mission Impossible's Thandie Newton in a comic part, anyone?)

In this exclusive Screenwring Goldmine conversation with our own Sally Brockway Ben talks about:

  • The complications that are involved in turning a stage play into a screenplay.
  • The differences in writing the two forms demand.  
  • The importance of persistence – Ben tried to get a screenplay made for 8 years.  
  • A surprising twist on writing for specific actors.  (Will this simple advice, based on his intimate knowledge of what actors like help you attract a star for your screenplay?)
  • A good trajectory for setting up the finance on your project.
  • The critical benefits of the right script editor off whom you can bounce your writing.
  • The importance of rewriting.
  • A practical method of co-writing
  • His own particular total immersion method of writing

And much, much more!

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SH Webb   |2009-10-29 07:01:39
Great interview. Can't wait to see the film! I also read Ben Miller's Times
Online editorial about making the film which is a good read...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_an
d_entertainment/film/article6099402.ece
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