USA Today Shares a Sneak Peek, Interviews Director of Godzilla 2014

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"To me, he's like a force of nature, like the wrath of God or vengeance for the way we've behaved," --Gareth Edwards; Director of Godzilla 2014

In an article by USA Today Gareth Edwards is interviewed regarding his thoughts on the upcoming Godzilla movie. Below are few choice excerpts that speak to his approach and what parts of the established Godzilla lore he will be pulling from.

HIS APPROACH

It's Godzilla's name on the marquee, yet Edwards didn't want to humanize him or give him too much personality.

"To me, he's like a force of nature, like the wrath of God or vengeance for the way we've behaved," Edwards says. "If this really happened, it would be like Sept. 11.

"I want it to be epic. I want to get the hairs on the back of your neck up."

Coming from Monsters, in which he designed — as cost-efficiently as possible — a quasi-futuristic setting of alien creatures taking over Mexico, Edwards is reveling in the big-budget filmmaking that Godzilla offers him.

"It's the closest thing to being a god as I think there is in terms of a job you could have," he says. "You picture something one day and draw it, and the next day, it's physical and there in front of you no matter how insane."

PULLING FROM THE ORIGINAL AND DESTROY ALL MONSTERS

In addition to the original movie, the Monsterland conceit of the 1968 Godzilla flick Destroy All Monsters also plays into Edwards' film, with its exploration of mankind having to deal with a reality full of huge, deadly behemoths — the director teases that there is more than just Godzilla smashing around.

"I've just got a secret fantasy — well, it's not very secret anymore — about living in a world where there's fantastical things like giant creatures and what it would really be like and trying to take it seriously," he says.

You can read the full USA Today article: 'Godzilla' rules again in 2014