How hard was it adjusting from Chris Columbus’ directing style to Alfonso Cuaron’s style?
DANIEL: Basically, I think everything we learned with Chris, we were now able to put into practice with a different director. I think the reason Alfonso was able to do longer takes and more complicated shots was because with Chris, we didn’t have the experience or the focus to do that kind of stuff. It is harder, it is more challenging, because we’re getting older and if we’re getting older and we’re not being challenged there’s no point in doing it really. We learn more with each director. And now with fourth one, with Mike Newell as the director, we’ll learn more there as well. Q: Were you able to teach Alfonso anything about your characters? EMMA: One of the first things he did when we first met him was he asked us to write an essay about our characters. Not just to help us, but to help him see the character through our eyes. He gave us a lot of freedom with that as well. DANIEL: I think it’s quite important to mention that when we did the essay, we did exactly what our characters w
