It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.

Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.

I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them. It was a real character piece. Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well. I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I'd known of him because I'm from Europe. I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great. I thought it was an interesting take on such a big-budget cult classic.

It's the ones that deal with the inner fear, the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary. You had that in the Carpenter version, and you have that in this prequel. It's paying homage, very much, to that.

It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

It's very important to stretch, because while it's good to look pumped, a lot of the moves are split legs, and twisting fast. So you really, really have to stay supple.