An Interview with Sam de Jong (director of "Goldie")
MiaDuring the Berlinale I met Sam de Jong, director of Goldie, at the Marriott hotel and sat down with him to talk about his film, future projects and if there ever was a "Plan B" for him?fGR: How did you meet Slick Woods?SdJ: So Slick was introduced to me by the casting directors, cause I like to meet people and actors early on in the writing stage of the project. They set up a meeting with her, cause they felt that what I was working on had a lot of mutual ground with who she was and her life story. And then I met her and she really liked my previous work and the project and shared her journey with me and we managed to incorporate that in the movie. After that I wrote a few more drafts of the screenplay - knowing Slick would be Goldie.fGR: So it was like a mixture of you having this ide...