Zelda Williams, daughter of the late Robin Williams, discussed her directorial debut 'Lisa Frankenstein' and the impact of her father's passing on her career. She found humor in trauma and shifted to directing to escape the self-consciousness of being in front of the camera. She believes her sense of humor was shaped by the trauma and aims to make things lighter for others. M. Night Shyamalan also mentioned making changes to the movie 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' by grounding Katara's brother, which positively impacted the film's theme.
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Zelda Williams on her directorial debut 'Lisa Frankenstein' and father Robin's passing: “I think my sense of humor was shaped by a lot of trauma. I find a lot of humor in darkness and I want to make things lighter for other people.” https://t.co/YvJD2f7YcF https://t.co/YvJD2f7YcF
Zelda Williams says she shifted to directing after the death of her dad, Robin Williams. “Being behind the camera became a much less self-conscious place than being in front of it. ... For some people, I reminded them of him and it made them sad..." https://t.co/rRnR6nqdOc https://t.co/ouCqMH14En
How Zelda Williams found humor in trauma: “Being behind the camera became a much less self-conscious place than being in front of it. For some people, I reminded them of [Robin] and it made them sad. Or I was just never going to live up to him...” https://t.co/YvJD2f7YcF
How Zelda Williams Found Humor in Trauma Following the death of her dad, Williams found herself in the director’s chair for “Lisa Frankenstein” Interview: https://t.co/rRnR6nqdOc https://t.co/V8Mc0nquMA
"I took away a little bit of the slapsticky stuff that was there for the little little kids, the fart jokes and things like that... We grounded Katara's brother...and that really did wonderful things for the whole theme of the movie." - M. Night Shyamalan https://t.co/56UI0qOeXQ