Director John Caird explains how he turned Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece into a play, which can finally be seen in U.S. theaters this weekend.
AdvertisementBecause of the simplicity and beauty of the story, and the dynamic of the relationship between the characters—the protagonist characters especially, Chihiro, Yubaba, Kaonashi [called No-Face in the English version]—it’s such a dramatic story, and it has such a beautiful ending. But there’s also the fact that 90 percent of the film is in one place, and so you don’t have a lot of jumping around. You don’t have to be in an airplane, you know, like a lot of Miyazaki’s movies.
io9: There are two different filmed versions of the play coming to U.S. theaters because there are two separate casts. I understand why Chihiro would require two actors because it’s a role for a younger actor who’s on stage for almost the entirety of the play. But why double-cast the other principal roles?Well, it’s interesting. It’s a tradition that’s grown up in Japan, and I started it when I didthere years ago. We had two actors who were playing Javert and Valjean.
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