Hitchhiker's Guide interview, part 3

[Mr. Teatime]

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The third batch of fan questions put to <b>Garth Jennings</b> and <b>Nick Goldsmith</b>, the director and producer of <A href="http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film</a>, have been answered.<blockquote><i><b>Were the designs of Marvin, Deep Thought, the Heart of Gold, etc. made to exacting descriptions in Douglas's script, or are they all solely products of your vivid imaginations?</b>
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<br><b>Garth</b>: We would always start by clarifying the concept of whatever it was we had to design before we drew anything, and Douglas always had amazing concepts. It's very easy to design creatures and space ships and as a result, it can be difficult to design something that you haven't seen before. We wanted it all to look amazing, but different from what we've come to expect from Sci-Fi. And it had to be in-keeping with the original concept. We'd carefully work out what part the creature/ship/thing played in the story, then we'd fill our mugs with PG Tips, pick up a pencil and go mental.
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<br><b>Nick</b>: And in some cases that cup of PG tips was in itself an inspiration!</blockquote></i>Marvin's big head doesn't look quite right to me, but maybe he'll look better in motion.
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