![]() Not just a static belief, but an active belief. And there were some changes from the characters in the book and the adaptation obviously adds an act two that has more action, with the king and the three impossible tasks that give Peter an opportunity to really show his grit and determination and taking action to believe and show his belief in the impossible. Wendy Rogers: So it is an ensemble and it’s always difficult to make an ensemble film. Was it difficult to fit this story into a movie or did it lend itself quite well already? Wendy, with any adaptation, you know, certain characters and story elements have to be streamlined or changed a bit. So it was really exciting to get such a varied cast as well. And everybody we went out to said, “Yes, yes, yes, we want to make this movie.” It was also really important to us that the cast and the ensemble be from people that just are from different heritages - an eclectic look of different types of people. You never know when you go out to talent: will they respond to the story? Will they respond to the way they’re going to look? In an animated movie, they don’t look like themselves. The fact that we got this cast meant that we had done our job in taking the wonderful ensemble of characters that are in the book and bringing them, dimensionalizing them for film and coming up with really great character designs. What did it mean to get such talent to portray these characters in this story? Julia, the movie has a really impressive cast, with talent like Noah Jupe and Benedict Wong. I just had to stand back and marvel and over the finished product and be deeply moved by it. I didn’t have to do any work for it at all. So I got sneak peaks here and there, but it was just this wonderful thing that happened. I got to see some of what y’all were working on. I don’t remember when it was - we had that meeting, Julia - it was during the pandemic. Kate DiCamillo: It’s different for each film. Has your involvement in adapting these stories changed over the years? Kate, your works have become films before with Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux. It was an amazing opportunity and a blessing to be connected with this project. I just needed to help him find his sister. Wendy Rogers: I read the book in the course of an evening and my heart was in my throat - great lumps of love for Peter, for the moments of questioning, “What if?” For the moments of his determination to find his sister. Spencer Legacy: Wendy, what was it about The Magician’s Elephant that made you really want to direct an adaptation of the book?
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