We've all heard about how "Django Unchained" director Quentin Tarantino reacts when secrets about his upcoming project gets spilled. Many directors and scriptwriters can probably understand why Tarantino responded that way since their films are their greatest treasures. Just ask J.J. Abrams about his "Star Wars" film.
Don't worry though, the sci-fi director didn't do a "Tarantino" and junked the script of "Star Wars". He doesn't have to since, first of all, it's still going to be an awesome movie even if spoilers surface, and secondly, his staff is doing whatever it takes to protect the secrets of the script.
In an interview with The Telegraph, the director revealed how the employees of his production company, Bad Robot, resort to extreme measures in protecting the script of "Star Wars".
Like a bunch of paranoid conspiracy theorists, his staff is making sure that no one, even from a distance, would be able to see the director working on his latest project.
"Are you kidding me? My god. My office...I'm working on the 'Star Wars' script today and the people in my office have covered up all my windows with black paper," Abrams said. "I guess they wanted to make sure no one could see what I was doing. It seems rather extreme."
But Abrams' and his team's actions are somehow not surprising since they did try to keep Benedict Cumberbatch's role a secret for the film "Star Trek: Into The Darkness". As part of their attempt to surprise the crowd, they kept reiterating that the actor was not casted for the role of Khan, which was the complete opposite of what people saw in the film.
When asked about this issue, Abrams answered, "We were trying to preserve the unexpected for the audience, but it came across as if we were trying to be too clever....'Star Wars' is in every way a different animal. It's always been a more open, fan-engaged universe than I've been used to, so I'm pretty sure there'll be some sort of compromise. But it feels to me like there's a purity in not knowing every little thing."
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