Kevin Smith Hopes To Work With the Co-Writer of Tonight's Supergirl Episode Again
Tonight's episode of Supergirl was directed by Kevin Smith, but the fan-favorite writer/director [...]
Tonight's episode of Supergirl was directed by Kevin Smith, but the fan-favorite writer/director had little to do with the script.
Instead, the episode was written by Eric Carrasco, writer of the Star Wars: Hoshino short and the Supergirl episode titled "Survivors," and Jess Kardos, a veteran of Covert Affairs.
Kardos remained in the writers' room during shooting, but Carrasco headed to the set, where he worked with Smith during production to make sure the episode was the best it could be.
"We spoke the same language, we had all the same reference points, the same material. It wasn't like, 'What scene was that?' and I had to explain it. We absolutely understood each other," Smith said of Carrasco. "He's in the writers' room, so that's insanely helpful. I didn't feel like I was taking any great liberties on my own where I'm like, 'Hey, I'm changing dialogue here without any writers present.' I had Andrew [Kreisberg]'s proxy, right there so we were able to move quickly. It also helps production as well because you can go, 'Look, we may eliminate this scene because it's not going to make the final cut, there's some information in here and we could work it into this scene.' Makes editing easier as well, a little more efficient."
While having a knowledgeable member of the writing staff on hand would have been helpful no matter what, Smith said that he particularly appreciated Carrasco's input, and plans on working with him in the future.
"Having Eric there was a blast, helpful on a professional level and on a personal level because we got the same references and we were both geeking out over taking Supergirl to space," Smith said. "It was good times across the board, man. He was a real find for me. I'm going to keep working with Eric, certainly here in this capacity whenever they let me, but we're going to do some other stuff together too. He's a smart cookie."
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