Rupert Sanders talks about SWATH & Kristen with Den of Geek

And you packaged that for what audience?

Anyone who wants to see it really. We didn’t say, right, we’re going to cast Kristen Stewart and only want the Twilight fans, it wasn’t the choice for us. We chose Kristen more for her other body of work than Twilight. To me I think it really is 12 up to whatever. People who are my parents’ age, who came and saw it last night and were really blown away, and then my little nieces and nephews who are 10-14 were bouncing up and down with excitement.

It’s got the big, epic scenes that I love in those kind of films, it’s got the battles and scale of Kingdom of Heaven, or Lawrence of Arabia and then it’s got the small detail of richer dramatic films. To me it felt like an older film, like The Lion in Winter, you know, those Beckett kind of stories?

Give us your take on Kristen’s character. Do you see her as a Christian hero?

There’s definitely a spiritual side, I’d say. It’s the Joseph Campbell The Hero With a Thousand Faces you know, she’s the archetypal mythical hero, so they are always given those characteristics. In hindsight, there’s a few things in there, in that she’s walking on water and these things are quite religious but I think ultimately she is a spiritual being, she is drawn by that and people are drawn to her because of that.

That’s the reason I cast Kristen, she is kind of wild and spirited and rebellious and she’s so young, she’s got so much weight on her, she’s out there on her own and surrounded by all these people guiding her and steering her and she’s a tough little thing and that’s what Snow White needs to be.

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