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“I’ve had to learn to be more Zen in dealing with all the noise around me, for sure,” James Wan tells Empire, as part of our world-exclusive Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom cover story. “I’m a pretty private person. I don’t get on social media and have fights, but it’s difficult because this narrative has emerged that is not the reality. The noise is fun to write about, and it gets clicks, but people don’t know the truth.” There may have been a change in leadership over at DC, but Wan gives the impression that he felt secure in realising his vision for the sequel, and in maintaining the epic, eccentric tone he had established in Arthur Curry’s first outing. “Look, I’m a collaborative filmmaker — I welcome people’s thoughts and opinions,” Wan says. “But ultimately, I feel I have more than proven myself. So, it was like: ‘This is the movie I want to make.’”
With regards to reshoots, Wan argues that they were in line with what’s expected for a film as big in scale as Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom. “We probably did seven or eight days,” he says, “which is nothing for a movie of this size. It was just spread out because it’s so hard to get your actors back once you’ve finished the initial shoot.”
Whatever the ups and downs were in creating this second Aquaman film, they haven't deterred Wan from considering the possibility of directing another instalment. “I haven’t directed a third movie [in a series] before, so I’d be open to doing another [Aquaman] if I got the same freedom I’ve had on these first two," he says. "I’m not sure what direction [Gunn and Safran] are going in, though, so who knows? I’ve learned to never say never.”
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