June 21, 2001 - I emailed Gene Brewer, the author of the K-PAX trilogy, asking him if he would be kind enough to share with us Spacey fans how it felt to have his book turned into a movie and how he felt about Kevin Spacey as prot.
Here is his answer:
Dear Lisa,
Since K-PAX was my first published novel, I would've been happy to see ANYONE play prot. Imagine what a thrill it was to learn that my creation would be brought to life on the screen by one of America's finest actors. And if that wasn't enough, I was privileged to meet Mr. Spacey on the set both in New York and Los Angeles, and to watch him work. Off camera I found him to be not only the strong, intelligent personality you might expect, but quite warm and generous as well. And with a great sense of humor. On camera he immediately became prot, consistently and convincingly in every scene. The result was a very powerful performance which might well win him a third Oscar. Jeff Bridges and all the other actors and crew were wonderful, too. No question: it's going to be a great film. You can quote me on that.
Yrs truly,
Gene
© 2001 Driving Mr. Spacey!
