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On Whether He Met With Christopher Nolan To Dicuss Directing Superman:
Yeah, with Chris Nolan. That was pretty scary. This was the first time I'd met him on a professional level and [he's a] very, very lovely man. Very smart guy. Didn't talk about Superman once.
[He was] kind of feeling me out as far as where I am in my career and whether I'm ready for it. And, you know, I think Zack Snyder is going to make something visually spectacular and with Chris Nolan really hands on there, and his keeping the script where it needs to be, I'm sure it'll be fantastic.
On Whether He Would Have Directed The Movie:
I think I would have taken Superman. I didn't get to read the script, so obviously it would have all been depending on the script, but I had faith. Obviously it's Chris Nolan who's involved. He thinks the script's good. I've got to read it, but I feel it's worth reading. I didn't get that opportunity so obviously they had made some decisions at that stage which were right for them. I don't think there are many other projects like that I would jump into.
On Passing Up The Chance To Direct Judge Dredd, aka, DREDD:
It's a tricky one. I understand that perspective over here, but in the UK the comic book that Judge Dredd is based on is fantastic. "2000 A.D." is more than "Heavy Metal" over here, it was formative in my appreciation of sci-fi. There are some amazing characters that came out of it. The problem is that they don't have an audience beyond the UK. Over here it's a very select group who've even heard of "2000 A.D."
On a purely story-telling level I could do a Judge Dredd film — I know I could have — that no one could have ever seen coming. They had a great script. It was in the ball park of what one might expect from a Judge Dredd film. I know that had I been able to do something completely independently no one would have expected it.
On Which Comic Book He'd Most Like To Adapt:
I'm utterly realistic about the fact that it's just not big enough to be made. There are a few British ones, "Rogue Trooper" — they all sort of come out of this "2000 A.D." collection and they're great characters and great worlds, but I don't know if you could make a comic book film out of a character no one has even heard of. And I think for the American audience no one is ever going to have heard of the peripheral "2000 A.D." characters, so that's not realistic.
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