How far into the story does it get before the supernatural begins to happen?
PC: Pretty much soon; it’s sort of a slow build, elegant slow build. They start to become aware of things happening. Q: What’s the type of material for the snow here on set today? PC: It’s just that classic look. Q: How long is the shoot? PC: It’ll be 38 days; it feels like I’ve been up here since 1975. I haven’t seen my wife and kids; they’ll be all grown up, in college. Q: What was it about this that attracted you? PC: Well, I’m not a horror genre fan, but I read the script and it really jumped out at me as deeply scary, and the relationship seemed real interesting. So, I got up here to do this. Greg and I knew; the Soderberg connection really helped, getting a studio to fully finance it. It moved very, very quickly; I’m sure all of you know ‘a producer has an idea about a book, changes it and it becomes rubbish.’ Many years pass, but because Greg is such a good egg, and the writing is not lame, there are sometimes a lot of missteps, but we all got what we wanted – a real supernatura
