I never really knew that I would be a lifer of strong female characters, but that seems to be the drops I'm being given, and I'm very happy for them. Hopefully, 'Divergent' will be the next thing. Evan Daugherty characterdivergentdrop Change image and share on social
'Lord of the Rings' was going on; like, my college years were the years of 'Lord of the Rings,' an awesome time to be in film school. Evan Daugherty awesomecollegefilm Change image and share on social
In 'Snow White and the Hunstman,' when we see them in the Dark Forest, you're allowed a lot of freedom to be able to cutaway to, for instance, the prince. That B and C story stuff helps the writing process, even though it makes it a more complicated movie. Evan Daugherty allowcomplicatecutaway share on social
Those are the two best words in English, 'Bidding' and 'war'. Evan Daugherty bidenglishwar Change image and share on social
A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product, there's going to be a disconnect. Evan Daugherty blueprintdisconnectend Change image and share on social
That TV show, 'After Thought,' is really exciting. It's a cross between 'Inception' and 'CSI' that I'm working on with Melissa Rosenberg from the 'Twilight' movies. Evan Daugherty crosscsiexcit Change image and share on social
The absolute base-level thing that you do as a new screenwriter is send out query letters. Literally, you just say, 'Hi, Mr. So-and-So,' and you give them a one-sentence description of one of your scripts. You send it out to a list of people you found on the Internet. Evan Daugherty absolutebasedescription share on social
Most scripts that get written in Hollywood don't go anywhere. Evan Daugherty hollywoodscriptwrite Change image and share on social
The truth is, there are probably eight more 'Snow White' scripts floating around out there. And once one 'Snow White' script got hot, other people started pulling out their 'Snow White' scripts. Evan Daugherty floathotpeople Change image and share on social
After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really liked what I did, so I got a call saying, 'We're about to shoot 'Ninja Turtles' in three or four months; do you wanna come in and do a little work on the script?' That was the beginning of a many-month 'Ninja Turtle' odyssey. Evan Daugherty begincalldivergent share on social