With The Green Knight opening in theaters this weekend, I recently spoke to writer-director David Lowery about the making of his fantastic film based on the 14th-century Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. If you haven’t seen the trailers, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), who must embark upon a quest to visit the Green Chapel to meet his fate. Along the way, Gawain encounters numerous obstacles which test his resolve and character. Trust me, you have not seen a movie like The Green Knight and Lowery has crafted something truly special that will leave you thinking about the experience long after the movie has ended. The Green Knight also stars Joel Edgerton, Alicia Vikander, Sean Harris as King Arthur, Kate Dickie as Queen Guinevere, Sarita Choudhury as Morgan Le Fay, Erin Kellyman, and Barry Keoghan.
During the wide-ranging interview, Lowery talked about his desire to not make a traditional adventure movie, how he was inspired to work on the script after finding his Willow action figures, how he was extremely sick for half the shoot and had to have surgery after production ended, why his original two-hour and forty-five minute first cut didn’t work and the various challenges he had to overcome in the editing room, and more. In addition, with the roundtable in the movie looking like the Criterion C, I jokingly asked if this was done on purpose because of his love of Criterion movies and his hope that The Green Knight would get a Criterion release.
Check out what Lowery had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
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David Lowery:
Who took home the crown from set and how can I get it?
Is it true he made the Roundtable a C because of his love for Criterion and his hope The Green Knight will eventually get a Criterion release?
Is it true that it was shortly after finding his Willow action figures that he started writing the script?
If Disney asked him to direct the Willow Disney+ series would he have done it?
What would surprise people to learn about the making of The Green Knight?
How he was extremely sick for half of the production with some type of flu and he couldn’t talk on Joel Edgerton’s first two days on set.
How he had to have surgery right after they wrapped.
What is he excited for people to see in the film?
How it took him a long time to like the movie during the editing process.
On not making a traditional adventure movie.
Why he hopes the movie inspires people to go back and read the original poem.
Why it was a challenging editing process.
How he had an 85-page script and his first cut was 2hr 45 min and why it didn’t work.
How his original take on when the Green Knight shows up in the film was 40 minutes.
What can he tease about his next film Peter Pan and Wendy and how is it different from previous versions of Peter Pan?
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