First, we have director James Wan, who we actually have spoken to for all five of his movies now, and this time, we talked about:
* Why they changed the title from “The Warren Files”
* He tell us the story for “The Conjuring”–which we didn’t know at the time–and how the work by Ed and Lorraine Warren influenced all the other paranormal investigators that have come since
* Working with Patrick Wilson again after “Insidious”
* Trying to avoid comparisons to “Insidious” and how “The Conjuring” is more based in reality
* Why he decided to direct someone else’s script
* How this will be the first project James’ partner Leigh Whannell isn’t involved in at all
* How hard it is to be original while working in the horror medium
Next up, we have Wan’s leading man for a second time in a row, actor Patrick Wilson, talking about:
* Why he wanted to work with James again on this particular project
* How Ed and Lorraine Warren differ from the paranormal investigators in “Insidious”
* Why working with Vera Farmiga added to his decision to do it
* Why horror tends to be better when you have strong dramatic actors involved and how he approaches the movie like he would a normal drama
* He says that things get pretty dark and crazy in the movie and how it pushed him to the limits emotionally and physically
* He talks about a project he finished shooting called “Space Station 76” which he compares to “putting ‘The Ice Storm’ on the set of ‘Buck Rogers’
You can also read what they both had to say about Insidious 2 here.
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