When we went to the actors, they sort of knew that going in. I don't want to have to cut out all the things that are bananas in this movie.' The tradeoff is we've got to keep the costs down.
I could say to the actors, 'This is what it is. It was the sort of thing where we are all taking pay cuts. I knew with this one, we also didn't want it to cost a lot. The reason we got to do Cabin the way we did Cabin was because it didn't cost a lot.
The budget came with the script so that we can say to the studio, 'We want to do this affordably.' I have learned they will let you be bold if you keep your costs down, and I am OK with that deal.
