How was the casting worked out for The Skeleton Key?
What a great quartet of actors. A quadrangle. Gena has that fantastic tradition of being in John Cassavetes’s body of work, and her wonderful way of approaching and wanting to make the work her own. I was totally surprised by the wicked sense of humor that she has, which kind of comes into the role. It adds a real great dimension. Peter… it’s great that they’re all different and sort of come from different traditions… Peter, I’ve always admired. I actually tried to cast him in K-Pax, and he wasn’t available. So I’d always been a massive admirer, and was just delighted when he agreed to do the role of Luke. What did you want him for in K-Pax? I knew you were going to ask that. [laughs] I’m not going to say. It’s not fair to the actor [who played that role]. I always want the actors to think they’re my first choice. I’ll go this far: It was one of the mental patients. What are you doing for the DVD? The DVD is going to have a significant deleted scene, when Caroline and Jill go to a spir
