Gary Oldman on 'Red Riding Hood,' Torture and Working With Catherine Hardwicke

Of course. Tell me a bit about working with Catherine Hardwicke, because I had heard that she was part of the reason you decided to do this project.
Yeah, I very much liked her movie, 'Thirteen,' and you know, I read the script and I liked the script, but it was like, well, who is this aimed for? Who is the audience for this? Because it wasn't R-rated. It only went so far. And they said, 'Oh, it's a Catherine Hardwicke film.' And I went, 'Oh yeah, I get it. I get it.' She's had a huge, huge success with ... she understands that genre. I don't know if it's because ... I don't know how she does it, but she just gets it.

This fairy tale scared the pants off of me as a kid. Which one scared you as a kid?
Hmm. I remember 'Little Red Riding Hood.' I don't remember when I first heard 'Little Red Riding Hood.' I was that young. I can't remember. It's just always been there. I've just always known the story of it. I liked 'The Three Little Pigs.'

There was a nod to that in the film.
Yes, there is. At the festival. It always fascinated me. 'I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.'

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