Mary Steenburgen, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and director Nicholas Meyer recall the winding journey to the big screen in 1979: 'I thought, 'My career's done.''
was "even better. It’s definitely been the most generous of my movies. It gave me two children, so it’s definitely number one."
“When I raised the idea of him with Warner Bros., they said they knew who he was, but he always played the villain. I said, ‘Well, that’s what’s going to be so interesting. This is called acting. This time, he’ll play the hero.”’ The filmmaker recalls that initially McDowell was worried about his character wearing glasses because he acted with his eyes. "I said, 'Your eyes will be on full display, trust me. If anything, [they'll be] magnified.' So, he rolled the dice."The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Meyer loved the idea of H.G. Wells creating a real time machine and having Jack the Ripper and Wells using it. "That was back in the days when I had time to read other people’s stuff," Meyer recalls. "I was fascinated by it. I had some thoughts. I gave him some notes about it. I thought I was putting it out of my mind and then realized as days and then weeks were going by, that it was an idea I really couldn’t let go.
“He hadn’t cast the part until quite later on,” recalls McDowell. “I think I’d already ensconced myself somewhere in Beverly Hills in a rented house. I finally met her; she was a hot young actress whose film hadn’t opened yet. She was the next breakout star to come along kind of thing. We got along very well, and the rest is history, as they say. She was wonderful in the movie.”
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