Why did you decide to add the political background to Gustaves story?
I thought it was a nice balance between the political drama and the predator in the water. The intent was to make it so there was nowhere for our group to hide – if they went to the water, the croc would get them, and if they were on land, they would have the warlords after them. How did you come across the legend of this killer crocodile? I was first introduced to this story by a National Geographic Documentary called ‘The Killer Croc’. Our film is loosely based on the documentary, which is about a group of reporters that set out to catch Gustave and relocate him to a safer place where he could live out his life and hopefully stop killing people. Is the real Gustave still alive? Legend has it that Gustave is still alive. He is rumoured to be anywhere from 20 to 26 feet. How did you create the FX for Gustave? We set out to do about half the crocodile as an animatronic and the rest of the shots with CGI. Unfortunately, the animatronic was moving too slowly in the water, and didn’t look
