To be very honest with you, there were two big factors: One was that we were initially coming out in that week before Thanksgiving where both Twilight 3D and Happy Feet 2 are coming out. — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
There is a reality to the way the actors play the scenes, given that there is a real, animatronic, moving robot in the room. So the level of nuance and realism in performance was higher because we built the real… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump up/psych-up music, there's… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
Because I've never made this kind of movie before, so I've never even been to Comic-Con. And Hugh and Evangeline keep telling me, 'Oh,… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
One that we can admire aesthetically and participate viscerally in. So the goal here, and we've had some early, small screenings, what seems to… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
I think that, on the one hand, our audience, our culture is so savvy now to an assumption that teaser effects are not fully… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
The dozens of people working on this at Digital Domain, they knew that you couldn't get away with almost photo real, because we had… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
And this movie [Real Steel] definitely looks like nothing else I've made, which was the point. I think also, Evangeline and Hugh are such… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
I would say, while I think audiences are savvy enough, I think that the effects work in the teaser is quite a bit more… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie [Real Steel], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships. — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
To be very honest with you, there were two big factors: One was that we were initially coming out in that week before Thanksgiving… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that I could give notes to someone that I revere. That's a general challenge of directing, giving notes to someone you… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
There is a reality to the way the actors play the scenes, given that there is a real, animatronic, moving robot in the room.… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
I've learned that, I wouldn't say I've made that mistake, but I've learned on some of my other movies, like, you always want to… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
![“And this movie [Real Steel] definitely looks like nothing else I've made, which was the point. I think also, Evangeline and Hugh are such a fantastic... Their chemistry is so genuine. And also it's a good balance to all those visual effects. It'll give you more of the tone.” quote by Shawn Anthony Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f6e/shawn-anthony-levy-32486_balance_and-this-movie-real-steel-definitely-loo_988623.jpg)
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