Scott Derrickson plans to make more romantic movies after directing ‘The Gorge’.
Scott Derrickson is hoping to make more romantic films
The 58-year-old filmmaker has helmed the unlikely love story between two elite snipers played by Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy and hopes to get behind the camera on more tales of the heart after previously working on horror and superhero flicks.
Scott told Empire magazine: “I think the most powerful emotions are the feeling of falling in love and the feeling of real fear.
“My gravitation towards horror comes from having experienced a lot of fear in my childhood, that I’m always dealing with as an adult. And at this stage of my life, feelings of love have (also) become of great interest to me.”
Derrickson has always enjoyed romantic pictures and ‘The Gorge’ resonated with him as he had just remarried when he signed up to direct the movie.
The ‘Doctor Strange’ director said: “When it comes to romantic movies, I’m a sucker for old American classics. I love ‘The Philadelphia Story’, I love ‘Casablanca’.
“I can’t make a movie if I don’t have a personal connection to the material at that given time of my life.
“I (had) just gotten remarried and had gone through the experience of falling in love. It was the right time to tell us a story like this.”
Derrickson believes that Anya and Miles are the perfect actors to play the roles of Levi and Drasa.
He said: “Snipers are young; it’s a young person’s game.
“Miles – I buy him as a soldier. He has a lot of military friends and family members.”
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