You really get to direct the movie three times when it comes to the action sequences and the set pieces.
Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders.
I think as an action director; it comes kind of naturally to me to a certain extent, because I've done so much action myself - as my MRIs would suggest!
Directing action scenes is really just pure visual storytelling that just makes sense to me pretty intuitively.
It's astonishing how many people who direct action don't know how to tell a story.
As an action director, I always try to bring something fresh and new.
I never thought about writing the part where the pirates get on board the ship. I wasn't interested in that. I'm not an action director. I'm sure that other guys could do it a lot better. I couldn't put my heart into it.
I see myself more as an action director. All right, I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable.
