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The First Movie I Literally Ever Made In My Life Was About Two Guys Playing Stratego With Each Other. I Had All My Friends Dressing Up Like The Military Characters In The Game. So 'battleship' Is Really My Second Board Game Turned Movie!

There's A Picture Of The Real Coach Gary Gaines In The Book And He's Sitting In The Locker Room After A Game, And He Just Looks So Much Like Billy Bob, That We Went To Him.

I Think Musicians Oftentimes Have The Right Skill Set To Be Good Actors. And With Rihanna, I Noticed Her And Knew Of Her Obviously, And Was Very Taken With Her Charisma And Her Confidence.

One Of The Challenges Assembling The Film Was That Gun Fight Went On For Three And A Half Hours And We Obviously Couldn't Spend Three And A Half Hours Of The Film With One Gun Fight. It Was Trying To Figure Out The Balance Of How Much An Audience Could Take Before They Either Became Repulsed Or Desensitized Or Bored Or Just Overwhelmed.

I Try To Preload As Little As I Can. I Like To Come To The Set With Minimal Preparation.