I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.
Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it.
Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me.
Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.
I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better.
I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.