Post by MagdaFR on Apr 15, 2017 14:29:39 GMT
I hadn´t read this article where among other things he talks about TWM.
Gary Whitta Interview
Why were you chosen to pen The War Magician?
I’ve actually been involved with it for many years. I’ve known the producer, Tony Eldridge, for my entire career. He’s had the rights to the book forever and when he first showed it to me I instantly fell in love with it. It’s such an amazing story I could barely believe it hadn’t already been turned into a major film. When Sherlock appeared on the BBC and I saw Benedict Cumberbatch for the first time I immediately called Tony and said, “This is the guy, he’s going to be a huge star and he’s the only person to play this character.” It took several years from that point and we jumped through a lot of hoops, I wrote Benedict a personal letter urging him to take the part and eventually took some time out from working on Star Wars in London last year to pitch him the movie at the offices of his production company, but we eventually got him and that’s when the movie became real.
I’ve actually been involved with it for many years. I’ve known the producer, Tony Eldridge, for my entire career. He’s had the rights to the book forever and when he first showed it to me I instantly fell in love with it. It’s such an amazing story I could barely believe it hadn’t already been turned into a major film. When Sherlock appeared on the BBC and I saw Benedict Cumberbatch for the first time I immediately called Tony and said, “This is the guy, he’s going to be a huge star and he’s the only person to play this character.” It took several years from that point and we jumped through a lot of hoops, I wrote Benedict a personal letter urging him to take the part and eventually took some time out from working on Star Wars in London last year to pitch him the movie at the offices of his production company, but we eventually got him and that’s when the movie became real.
