# Interview With The Screenwriter For The HHGTTG Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-screenwriter-for-the-hhgttg-movie/269979 "2004-10-19T04:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-screenwriter-for-the-hhgttg-movie/269979/1 "2004-10-19T04:25:03Z")
[He seems to have a pretty good sense of humor.](http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/) > [@](#): > > So I decided to interview myself because a) I think I’ll be harder on myself and know what sort of questions an interviewer might ask and b) no one has asked to interview me. > > And why should they? Who am I? “Not Douglas Adams” is the answer that concerns most people. So with this in mind let’s proceed. Here are some of the questions I imagine most fans of the book (and the radio series and the TV series and the Infocom game) are asking at this point. > > WHO THE H\*#&! ARE YOU AND WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO MUCK AROUND WITH THIS TREASURED PIECE OF LITERATURE, YOU AMERICAN HOLLYWOOD HACK? > Ah. Good one. Yes, I can see why a lot of people might be wondering this. So let’s see… > > My name’s Karey Kirkpatrick. You can Google or imdb me to find my credits (incidentally, I’m a guy – not the female news anchor in Buffalo, N.Y.) But the short answer is no one has the right to muck around with this treasured piece of literature. I didn’t seek it, it found me. The story goes something like this. Hopefully, he won’t foul it up. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-screenwriter-for-the-hhgttg-movie/269979/2 "2004-10-19T08:22:55Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [He seems to have a pretty good sense of humor.](http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/)Hopefully, he won’t foul it up. Tuckerfan, this interview is five months old… Content Section: All the changes made to the story are from stuff Adams was working on; they had access to his hard drive. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-screenwriter-for-the-hhgttg-movie/269979/3 "2004-10-19T11:21:22Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > Tuckerfan, this interview is five months old… > > Content Section: All the changes made to the story are from stuff Adams was working on; they had access to his hard drive. Hey, first I’ve seen of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-screenwriter-for-the-hhgttg-movie/269979/4 "2004-10-19T13:29:30Z")
He does sound like a good guy. Thanks for posting this, **TF.** I was happy to hear that Martin Freeman is going to play Arthur Dent- he’s one of the most likable British actors out there. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-screenwriter-for-the-hhgttg-movie/269979/5 "2004-10-19T17:25:18Z")
OMG! They actually added another photo to the photo gallery. Now they’re up to three.