NEW Martin Scorsese, Sir Ben Kingsley and child stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Asa Butterfield talk ab

(13 Dec 2011) STORYLINE: SHOTLIST London, 28 November 2011 10 mins approx Tape 1 1. Sit-down interview with Graham King including the following soundbites: "Well what's great about the kids was that they're so young that they're kind of naive to who they were working with, you know? They obviously knew who Martin Scorsese was but it wasn't like they were, they were scared of him or anything like that and they just came on to play these roles. And so it was kind of nice, it was very sweet. And Marty, he's fantastic with kids, you know, and he had a lot of time with them and we'd talk a lot and told stories and he really engaged with them and that's what does with his cast on every movie. He collaborates with them so well, even with the kids, and so it was a really great atmosphere." Tape 2 1. Sit-down interview with Martin Scorsese including the following soundbites: " No I was not familiar with the book, Graham King gave the book to my wife Helen and she read it, and gave it to me immediatly, and I read it through. I think we had just finished making 'The Departed' and I did have a connection with it immediatly, the story if the boy who was living in the walls of the train station, was isolated from everyone. My personal connection with that aspect is that I used to, I grew up with a very severe case of asthma and so I was always held back from doing anything basically, you know movie theaters and that sort of thing but I was always in a sense isolated from other children and sports and animals and that sort of thing. And so this was the first inroad, while I was reading the book, of course the whole idea, the way Brain Selznick put the book together, the black and white line drawings were very cinematic, and I wondered where this was going. And I didn't know that the character in the toy store was George Melies, and then when that was revealed that became interesting and then when it all pulls itself together, the story, it all comes together. Everything comes, everything is resolved through the invention of cinema really. That's when they said this is something that you should do." "Seemed to hit at the right time. I have three daughters but my youngest one, she was born when I was in my late 50s, she's now 12, so you have a different perception when you're older, living with a child. And the child, if you're dealing with them everyday, no restrictions to the imagination artistically, in anything and it makes you rethink. It was a freeing experience being around her and with her, and living with her. And so this was I felt, almost the perfect time to try and do something really for them, for that wonderful age really. " Tape 3 1. Sit-down interview with Asa Butterfield and Chloe Grace Moretz including the following soundbites: Asa "Well, Hugo's character for one is quite unlike most of the characters I've played and he's very, a lot of the characters I've played have been very innocent, very young, very naive, but Hugo is far more mature, he's grown up a lot more than any other kid his age, he's had to go through so many more hardships than anyone else so it was a really intriguing character and there were loads of scenes which I thought I could play with it a lot." Chloe Asa "I thought it was really good, it was, I think everyone on set was amazed by her accent. It's pretty flawless." Chloe Asa "I was pleased with the way she did." Chloe "Yeah, 'cause then we both got the role." Asa "It was great fun." Chloe "It was amazing." Asa "I learned so much from all the actors. Everyone was incredible, both crew and the cast, it was one big family." Chloe Tape 4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...