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Eugene Hutz on working with Madonna

ComingSoon: I guess the first question is whether you knew Madonna before this whole thing started? Had you met her or had she been a fan of your music?

Eugene Hutz: I think she found out about me through the band, through liking the music and eventually realizing that I’m also the same person, and “Everything is Illuminated” which was directed by our common friend Liev Schreiber.

CS: So was she just a fan of the music and liked what you were saying in the songs and wanted to try to write something around that?

Hutz: I think it’s a part of it for sure, no, I mean it is the fact that’s how it was done. I even got difficult and said I didn’t want to change my look, so that also had to outline pretty much what it is.

CS: She must have approached you fairly early in the process because if she writes this movie with these characters she must think that she must get Eugene early or otherwise…

Hutz: Actually, it was three weeks before we started shooting.

CS: Had she already spent a lot of time writing before you met with her?

Hutz: I think not… I mean I don’t know. Maybe there were blocks that were ready to go, but obviously, because I’m the narrator and the centerpiece of the story, obviously that could not be done before those three weeks. I think we had a lot of fun in making it up and we enjoyed the flow of it.

CS: Once you decided to do it, did you guys spend a lot of time workshopping and deciding who and what AK was going to be?

Hutz: Well, it was easy to sculpt because we were working off my biographical stuff.

CS: Besides knowing the band and your music, you must have spent time with her before you started shooting working that out and figuring out what parts of your life and philosophy were going to be included in the character.

Hutz: I think that we just used whatever seemed to be fun and usable in the moment.

full interview at ComingSoon.net

One Response to “Eugene Hutz on working with Madonna”

  1. Ozden says:
    October 18, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    This is where Jamie King gets his dance ideas :)
    watch this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr4L-eb2EYY

    and this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kDUKl6Q2Y&feature=related

    (this is a traditional dance in northeast part of Turkey,now the young generation enjoys it with a different view)