“Running out of money is something else that drives him,” Dance continues. “He’s got to come up with something pretty special; otherwise, there isn’t going to be any more funding for his clinic. It’s all pretty much in the script, which impressed me. If it poses questions, I try to get answers to those questions, but it’s pretty clear who this guy is. I don’t need to know what school he went to or what his relationship with his mother was like. None of that is important at all.”
Indeed, Dance welcomes the presence of scripter Justin King on set, while acknowledging that it’s rare to have the writer around while filming. “One reason is that a lot of the time, writers are not treated with the respect they should be given. But there’s a great collaborative feel on this film, which is as it should be. Film is a collaborative art, when it rises to the heights of art. And that comes down from Mark [Hartley]; he creates an environment where people are encouraged to contribute. He knows exactly what he wants, but he’s amenable, and so is Justin. And that’s great, because we’re all trying to put something on the screen.”
While Dance observes that Patrick spits in his presence, following the original film’s lead, he won’t go any further in describing Roget’s relationship with his dangerous patient, other than to say that frogs are involved. “Every film presents some kind of challenge. It’s a grave mistake to get blasé and complacent about this strange job we do. Whether we’re doing Chekov or something of this nature, we have to make it as believable as possible. Horror is a serious business, so you have to take it seriously. It’s not a challenge like going down a coal mine for 12 hours a day, or doing brain surgery; we’re pretending, but we hope we pretend with a degree of credibility.”
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