MikeWazowski001

Hi Alex,

I'm a big fan of your work and had the pleasure of meeting you briefly yesterday after your screening at union square. I love your new film and how it's able to remain original while sill including many common sci-fi tropes.

I have a bunch of questions. Feel free to answer as many or few as you like.

1) How has Danny Boyle influenced you as a director?

2) Being aware of your work as a writer, what has been your experience working with actors before this film and how were you able to get the opportunity to helm the director's chair for Ex Machina as a first time director? Did you intend to direct it while you were writing it?

3) A lot of people seem to not like the third act of Sunshine. I find it very compelling and original, in very much the same way as Ex Machina was handled. What are your feelings about the execution of the surprise "twist" in Sunshine and what would you change (if anything) about it if you had the chance to rewrite it?

4) You said yesterday at the Q&A that Ex Machina works in part because it resolves itself, but that there were a bunch of failed ideas for sci-fi projects that we will never see. Does this mean drafts of other projects that got scrapped or short films you wanted to turn into features? Why did they "fail"?

Thank you so much. I'll be looking out for more of your work!

I'm so confused so please excuse my ignorance. The guy that you shot died. Did he die as a result of you shooting him and if so, is the argument that it's legally acceptable because it was self-defense?