Under the Mountain

I wanted him to be animalistic. I was thinking of things like sharks and wolves, things that he could smell, and that he had a single-minded purpose. He is uncomfortable and hates being in human form.

– Oliver Driver on playing Mr Wilberforce, Dominion Post, 10 December 2009

We ran out of weather cover really pretty fast because it was raining pretty much every day. We had days where it would go from bright sunlight to hail within, you know, five minutes.

– Producer Richard Fletcher on filming in Auckland, Flicks website, 10 December 2009

... it might be a retelling of a familiar tale and delierately teen-aimed, but it still generates a very real sense of dread and peril as twins Theo and Rachel (and mentor Mr Jones) go up against the Wilberforces around and under Auckland.

– Russell Baille in the NZ Herald, 10 December 2009