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Dresden Producer Lifts the Curtain |
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
 The Dresden Files executive producer David Simkins talked to interviewers recently about the writing process for the show, saying "It was a bit of a rough course in the very beginning trying to land on the tone and everything. But I think we've gotten there, and I think a lot of the credit goes to Paul Blackthorne as Harry Dresden and Terrence Mann as Bob. They bring so much life to their characters, and it really helps us in the writers' room. In the beginning, you're creating this stuff in a bit of a vacuum."
The writers found inspiration in Izzy, writer Laurence Walsh's pet dog. They were joking around that a werewolf would eat the poor pooch, when it struck them that a sympathetic, likable victim is needed in every episode for a show like this to work. Now, they ask "Who's the Izzy?" when they sit down to pen an episode. "What we found in the werewolf episode and 'Rules of Engagement' [is that] when there's someone early on who comes to him who becomes a sympathetic character who he can affect or change or help or save, not only is Harry solving the mystery of the week, but he's also changing a life. ... It opens the door to Harry's character and makes him more likable," Simkins revealed.
He also added that Paul Blackthorne contributes to the script in his own way. "When we talk to him on the phone he is, in a sense, the last writer. Paul holds us accountable to ideas that have come before or, if he's aware them, of ideas that are upcoming. He'll help us straighten out some scenes or clarify some moments. It's a rare experience that I've had where an actor is that involved and that honestly concerned about the whole picture." The show, which airs Sundays at 9 PM, follows wizard and private investigator Harry Dresden as he tries to protect Chicago innocents from magic gone bad.
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