“I’m a 22-year-old who’s been making films all my life – how can I get a job on the Hobbit?” Towards the end of a remarkable two hours with Guillermo del Toro, this question got a remarkably friendly answer from the 44-year-old Mexican who has made seven movies and who’s getting ready to make his next two in Wellington.
The “evening with Guillermo” was a fund-raiser to help two young Wellington filmmakers, director Sam Kelly and producer Bonnie Slater, finance their first feature One for the Road. Jonathan King, director of Black Sheep and the upcoming Under the Mountain asked the questions – about half of those he had prepared, one suspects – and del Toro answered, openly, honestly and in great and humorous detail.
