PPZ Q&A with Burr Steers

Part 1

Q1: What is your favourite element of the Zombie genre? Were you a fan of the genre before working on ?
BS: I was a fan of Romero's Night of the Living Dead. I liked taking the agents of chaos and inserting them in society

Q2: what weapon would you bring to a zombie apocalypse?
BS: a tank

Q3: what one of the Bennet girls would you want with you if there was a zombie apocalypse?
BS: Liz Bennet because she's the not only most formidable intellect but warrior as well

Q4: do you think we've made the shift from the vampire age of media to the zombie age? Why do you think so? :)
BS: monsters are metaphors and the zombie metaphor is more relevant today

Q5: would you like to make a second PPZ and do you think you will?
BS: i love the characters and would welcome the opportunity

Q6: What was appealing about adapting "Pride & Prejudice" as opposed to other Victorian stories?
BS: Pride and Prejudice is a Regency era story from which old Victorian stories came

Q7: what was your favourite scene to film in the movie?
BS: Darcy and Liz Bennet's proposal scene fight

Q8: how much of the film was cgi and how much was genuine?
BS: about 15% was CGI. Everything else was practical

Q9: which cast member(s) would actually survive in a zombie apocalypse?
BS: Darcy, Lady Catherine & all the Bennets except for Mrs Bennet

See the full QA with Burr Steers Here! 

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