TIME recently interviewed ‘New Moon‘ director Chris Weitz.
Time: You were in a tough spot taking over Twilight, not only as a guy, but the guy who directed American Pie. How did you deal with that?
Weitz: There was a reasonable amount of skepticism when I took over the second movie. I understand that. I directed American Pie. I would be worried too. I tried not to take it personally. I just tried to reassure the fans as much as I could, I even wrote a letter. The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it. I gathered from people who were monitoring the fan sites that people were willing to give me a shot. After that, I figured the next message was going to be the film itself.
Perhaps you should have had Michael Sheen read the letter as a Voltari proclamation.
Weitz: Actually I should have had Rob [Pattinson] read it. …
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