How hard is it to adapt a book or series of book and make them personal?
PJ: Everything is personal. When you read a book, you put yourself into this book, in a way, and you’re going to identify to such-or-such topic based on your personal experience. When I read a book, I always get inspired visually. When you read a book, you play immediately, in your head, the movie of this book, and sometimes the movie is clear, like with the Lord of the Rings, or sometimes, even though you want to adapt it, it’s a tough task, like it was for The Lovely Bones. EI: Another tough adaptation must be the books of Tintin, and on top of this they are not that popular in America. PJ: I’m not worried too much about the American audience, because I know the marketing and promotion campaign will be so important that it will be hard for an audience to ignore or not be educated about what Tintin is. Also, it’s not because you’re not familiar with a character that it does not become a huge success — look at Indiana Jones or Star Wars. What’s important is to make a good movie, and th
