What were the most difficult scenes when filming The 10th Kingdom and why?
As you can imagine, many sequences in 10K were difficult to shoot. Some were hard because they were done in difficult locations, others because the actors had to act in front of ‘green screens’ (shots where the background will be added later on a computer) or imagine effects or sets that they could not see at the time. There were also a number of very big emotional scenes which were very difficult for the actors given our tight shooting schedule. But I think my honest answer is that the most difficult scenes were the very first couple of weeks. It’s always hard to get the best work done at the beginning of a long shoot, because the crew is new to each other, many people have comments on what should be changed or how things should look and sound, and the actors are often still finding their characters. We shot the scenes in Virginia’s flat and the prison first, and I felt that some people were acting a bit over the top in these scenes. I often felt people in fantasy films and particular
