How was it finally doing this movie with Sharlto Copley?
Blomkamp: Well, it was good, really good. But the way that it worked was that up until ‘District 9’ we were just friends. It was no more than friends. He was leaving high school as I was going into high school. So he was a bit older than me and then he’s always been this kind of Borat, kind of Sacha Baron Coen kind of psycho who’s always messing with people. So he’s incredibly funny and he was just one of my friends from South Africa that I’ve stayed in contact with. By the time then that this film came up and I was trying to think about who could bring this bizarre character to life, it was him. He did a good job. There’s a bit of a mockumentary element in here. Did you intend on doing that? Blomkamp: Oh, yeah, totally. I mean, the reason for doing that is just to try and make the science fiction feel grounded, to try and make it feel real. Hopefully the effect that it has, because we’re familiar with news and we’re familiar with science fiction though we haven’t really seen them toge
