Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn`t Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it.
But, uh, censorship at that time said that you just absolutely couldn`t do anything involving children and so we had to go from there. I don`t remember what I changed it to. Duvall is just excellent in it.
And I think one way or another it`s evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody`s there that`s very anxious to get the movie made.