In this video, director Mike Newell (Enchanted April, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) focuses on the relationship between the director and the screenplay.
He explains why 'a good man in a bad jam' is a better premise than it sounds, why the Four Weddings screenplay was 'director-proof', where his interest in character comes from, and why his directing style is determined entirely by his writers.
