To mark the occasion of 'Spiral,' maxminghella hopped on the phone to discuss his unexpected turn in the 'Saw' franchise, his uncredited acting beginnings, and some his most memorable experiences on set.
back to back to back, and I had never acted before and had no idea how I came across on camera. I also never watched the monitor on any of those movies so it wasn’t until I saw them finished in theaters that I was like, “Oh, my god. That’s not what I was going for at all.” I felt terrible guilt and felt like I’d really let the team down. That was a hard and sharp learning curve, and what it led me to do was actually step away from a couple of projects I was supposed to do and go back to college.
MINGHELLA: First of all, acting is my thing. I’ve directed one movie and no way do I have the authority to speak about any of this. So with that context in mind, I would say each movie is very different. I had a very limited budget to make an extremely ambitious movie. I’m an ambitious person and I didn’t want to limit or restrain myself. I really just wanted to go for it.
MINGHELLA: In the particular instance of that movie, a lot of it’s about my mother. A lot of it’s about my father. A lot of it’s about my sister. It’s an immigrant story, and both of my parents were immigrants. Everything about them is filtered through that lens. The movie has that DNA. So yeah, I guess the influence of all of my family, I think, is in the movie in some shape or form., because that obviously must be a significant experience as an actor.
SANDBERG: That’s amazing. I mean, and that’s still a very stable experience, because I know that being in filmmaking, you’re going from one project to the next. I noticed you are producing a lot. In terms of things that are coming up, what seems like it’s coming next for you and what are you most excited about?
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