What did Robert Zemeckis and his performance-capture 3D technology bring to this story?
Robert Zemeckis came to us and he saw in his head how to translate this into the film. To me it was like someone reached into my brain and pulled out the most idealized version of what I could hope for. It’s the oldest story in the English language told with the most modern technology available. But all the technology in the world is not going to help you if it gets in the way of the performance. What I observed on the set was that there was no artifice of camera and constantly stopping the performance.
