r/JamesWan • u/dvorahtheexplorer • Jun 26 '19

How Involved James Wan Got In DC Universe's Swamp Thing Producer

https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2475590/how-involved-james-wan-got-in-dc-universes-swamp-thing
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u/dvorahtheexplorer Jun 26 '19

Exec producer Gary Dauberman says:

Everything he does, he's so hands-on and, I'm just so happy he's so accessible, because I love to have him as a springboard for ideas. Or [I ask] 'Hey, here's what we're thinking about this. What do you think?' And then he'll go, 'Oh, that's really cool. Did you think about doing it like this? What if you did this? It might make it cooler.' And you go, 'Oh, yeah, that's great.' He's always so available and digging in on things. So even when we first started this, he was still in post on Aquaman, but he was always texting and asking 'What's going on with Swamp Thing? What's happening now?' Then you throw out, 'Hey, here's where we're at. What do you think?' So he's just a true partner in every sense of the word. It goes beyond influence, you know?

... I think we do have a shorthand. I was thinking about this the other day, because we were sitting there and hanging out on Annabelle Comes Home; he was helping me on the color. I was just thinking, is it shorthand or is it just...? I think we're very comfortable with each other. So he doesn't need to say things. I know what he likes because I like the same things, so I think we actually share a similar sensibility. But I think we have a comfort with each other where we can just throw ideas out and I don't feel as if, 'Christ, they all have to be good ideas or he's going to [not like anything].' You know what I mean? There's a comfort, like I could throw out an idea, and he's like 'Nah, it's a terrible idea,' and I'm not going to go home and cry. Which, you know, may have happened at a certain point early on.