We chat with Slumberland director Francis Lawrence about what Jason Momoa brings to the role of Flip and how impressed he is by young star Marlow Barkley:
Director Francis Lawrence and Jason Momoa team up once again to explore a fantastical new world in the upcoming Netflix movie Slumberland. Based on the comic series Little Nemo Slumberland follows the wild adventures of Nemo, a young girl whose world completely changed after the loss of her father, and her companion in the dream world, an outlaw named Flip. Slumberland brings the world of dreams to life through excitement and color, as well as the darkness and terror of nightmares.
Francis Lawrence: Honestly, not that many. It was more of a jumping-off point for the development of the story and the idea for the screenplay. But when we were coming up with the dreams that our characters were passing through we were trying to find dreams that felt really different from one another to create a character of the dreamer themselves, and build the world out that way, as opposed to just going back to the comic strip.
Now, you got me imagining it in my head. Now, I got to see it. I want to talk about Jason Momoa for a second because his character, Flip, is wonderful, and he brings so much to the role. Can you talk to me about working with Jason and collaborating with him to craft the character of Flip? Francis Lawrence: Honestly, she's just a great actress. I have to say, I was really shocked because she was 12 when we shot the movie. Look, I've worked with a fair amount of actors over my career, and there are some who are just really intuitive, that aren't very practiced. They might not even have that much craft, but they really understand emotion and really listen when they're in scenes and pay attention to the other actor. She's one of those people.
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