Question: What has your involvement been like with the film so far? Have you given any advice to the actors? Or advice to the film makers?
Richelle: Most of my involvement has just been advisory and a lot of fact-checking. I haven’t really spoken to any of the actors outside of social media, but I’ve talked to Mark and Daniel Waters quite a bit, and they’ve – especially Mark, being the director who has the finger on the pulse of the movie and directing all the details – he’s been very thorough about talking to me and checking the details that even surprised me, and I’m delighted that he’s doing that because I know that’s not a courtesy a lot of authors get. I think a lot of authors are surprised when they walk into a theater to see what became of their movie. But Mark has written me in the past just about like, ‘Is this an okay costume choice?’ or, ‘If I do this is this going to affect something farther down in the series?’ He’s just so thoughtful about everything he does, in getting the truest story we can get. So that’s been my role, and I am really happy with that. I like that balance. I don’t make movies. A lot of fans expect me to, like, be out there rolling with the camera and doing stuff, and that’s not me. You know, I write the books and I am content to do that. I like this balance, you know, that the people who are experts in bringing this visual world to life and, you know, they check with me to make sure it’s been captured from the book correctly. I think it’s a system that has worked out pretty well from everything that I have seen.
Question: Are there any scenes in particular with Dmitri and Rose that you are excited to see? One that is particulary sticking out?
Richelle: Are you hoping for the love charm? Is that the…
Question: It’s a big fan favorite.
Richelle: No, I am excited for all of them. Really I just want to see them together. I think Zoey and Danila are such amazing casting choices for it. And they get along off screen as well, which I think is fun. I love that everyone working on the movie is having such a good time with it. There are so many great scenes in the evolution of Rose and Dmitri’s relationship. I know that the love scene charm is the big hot one that people are excited about. Even their initial meeting, which is done really well in the script, you know where they had this standoff in the beginning, is just powerful as well. You know, where they are sizing each other up. Its just reckless scrappy fighter girl, and here he is, seasoned calm veteran. There is power in that. I am just, any of it, I am overjoyed to see.
Question: Will you be making a cameo in the movie?
Richelle: Will I be making a cameo in the movie? I haven’t heard any talk of that yet. I know some authors do that. I don’t know if it will happen yet. I think I am too old to be walking the halls of St. Vladimir’s. But, you know, if they come up with something, we can talk about it. Someone joked that I should play Rose’s mother in the next movie, which I think would be terrible. I would injure my hand just trying to throw a punch or do anything remotely physical like that. We will see. We will see what happens.
Question: What are you writing right now? What are you working on?
Richelle: I just finished copy edits for The Fiery Heart, which is Bloodlines number 4. Bloodlines being the spinoff of Vampire Academy. And then I am working on the sequel to Gameboard of the Gods, which is my new futuristic adult novel. Busy, lots of stuff going on. All good stuff. I love it.
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