Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright and film director Christopher Hampton was on feisty form in a masterclass in Qatar earlier this week as part of the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra talent incubat…
, urged aspiring screenwriters in the auditorium to try to retain some sort of control of their work and creative vision.
“Only you the writer know what the character is meant to represent, and small changes can compromise that vision, you’ve really got to fight for all that stuff but remain diplomatic.” Hampton said this was the first of a series of “amazing strokes of luck” because the play worked well in the smaller space.
Around the same time, director Miloš Forman, who was on a roll in Hollywood on the back of his Oscar Best Picture wins forDangerous Liaisons“Which was a little bit annoying because I knew he had seen the play about four times,” recounted Hampton. “So that made me very determined to fight this.” He had reeled in Malkovich by standing outside the stage door of the Broadway play the actor was performing in at the time and stuffing the screenplay in his hands as he came out.
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