Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey)

Christina Hodson, writer of Birds of Prey and Bumblebee, talks to us about what makes the Clockwork Orange-influenced girl gang movie tick. She also talks about the Lucky Exports Pitch Program (LEPP) in which she and Margot Robbie's Lucky Chap Entertainment helped six female writers break into the action genre.She also talks about mapping out fight scenes with some help from YouTube and True Romance, and says absolutely nothing about the possibility of a Wonder Woman-Harley Quinn crossover.Here are some highlights, with timestamps:2:00: Interview begins with fond memories of carsickness.2:34: How Hodson and Robbie set out to tell a different kind of comic-book story.3:45: Let's compare Harley Quinn and Heath Ledger's Joker.5:45: The benefits of collaboration.7:00: How the Lucky Exports Pitch Program works.9:50: The charms of Bumblebee. 12:00: How much does Birds of Prey fit into the DC Universe?14:30: "No comment"16:10: Why are female directors better represented in comic-book movies — this year — than in movies overall?19:00: "I love writing action and I love writing specificity in action. To me, you can tell so much about a character by the way they fight."26:00: Callbacks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.