What was it like working with visual effects and having to fly in the movie?
I had done wirework in the past with some of the action movies that I’ve made, but never executing it like this. I was actually flying with wings. It was very freeing. – What was it like working with Ashley Judd who plays your girlfriend? I love Ashley. I’ve been such a big fan of her work and her entire family for a long time because I love traditional country music [they are musicians]. So I loved and admired Ashley then and admire her even more now after getting to know her. She did such a wonderful job in the movie. She was great. My character needed that female force in his life, someone who was strong enough to stand up to me and say, ‘Hey, this is the way it is, and you can’t keep treating my children like this. If we are going to be together, you’ve got to shape up and really take care of business and you’ve got to be a man.’ Derek needed that type of woman. She’s strong and independent and she has a great sense of self and she’s beautiful and smart and funny. Plus I got to kis
