I guess, only a few years ago the challenge was to portrait the character as realistic as possible. Nowadays in the digital age you guys really have to cope with an additional (maybe at times even tougher) challenge that the viewer at best will never even be aware off: Namely acting in situations that won't become reality until completed by a computer wizzard. Also, I finally had a chance to look at the pictures you took at the set: David Orth had my deepest sympathy having to play in the old man's mask (;-).... Not only the fact it took four hours to put it on (gosh, he looked like "The English Patient"!!!!!), but PLAYING in it all day long must have been murder!

: Some of you will have DVD players. If you do, taking a look at the Bonus Material that accompanies DRAGONHEART will be rewarding. The "Making Of" by director Rob Cohen is extraordinarily good, and has a large segment devoted to the process that Dennis Quaid went through playing to oranges or tennis balls on sticks instead of the Sean Connery dragon. The screen is split horizontally: Dennis with tennis balls above, Dennis with Dragon below, in the same scene. Let me know what you think: Cohen and his colleagues have some wonderful things to say about the process of making a movie - I liked it so much I bought the DVD.
: Warm greetings
: The Old Prof.

Dragenheart...of course! (Slapping palm to my forehead) Your description of how you do these scenes on TLW rang a bell, but I couldn't put a finger to it. Yes, I saw the "Making of" of Dragonheart on German TV - they always show the "Making of"s over here right before a movie starts as it has turned out to be a good way of advertising. The Dragonheart "Making of" was quite interesting due to the scenes of the creating process you mentioned already. I remember one, where the female lead is sitting by a lake talking to the dragon - and when you see them shooting that scene, there is nothing there but air, LOL!

But you know what I like most about Dragonheart? The fact that not only does Sean Connery lend his voice to the dragon - they also made the dragon's face LOOK EXACTLY LIKE SEAN CONNERY!!! Heavens, they even made the dragon FROWN like Sean! Too amazing.

Hugs from sunny Germany (blue sky, birds singing, nature crying: "YES, I'M ALIVE!!!...)

Chiara