we felt william wyler was very similar in spirit.g talks about me being -- meeting william wyler, and being a young director meeting a legendary director. he was so impressed with william wyler. i thought it was perfect casting. francisco, i remember being a teenager living in france, and "apocalypse now," came out and it was a huge event in france. coppola had done an event at a festival. he said making the film was like a war. he was so passionate about it. there were famous pictures of him holding a gun to his head on the set of the film. this echoes john houston in many ways, and assertive fiery personality. paul green grass comes from the documentary world. he identified with john ford and a way that was very personal -- in a way that was very personal and could relate. gear mold el toro -- guillermo del toro was perhaps unconventional, since he does for films, but he's an immigrant like frank capra. histones are extremely emotional. he really connected with capra. lawrence is very famous for the movies he directed like "the big