Comedy Legend David Zucker Reveals Untold Stories Behind Ryan Reynolds, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and Hollywood’s Hidden Secrets
Ashley
And so how much time when you’re doing something like that, how much time are you guys like coming up with an outline versus actually cranking out script pages? Did you get on zoom calls and just kick around a basic outline?
David Zucker
I think the basic outline took a few weeks, maybe. And then and then we said we put cards up on a board on a bulletin board, which we have in the office. And it just says the headings act one act two act three, we put the cards, we arrange the cards. And then you know, it says I like to see the structure, I like to see it visually. And then we start to write. And then we actually came up with a first draft in a few months, I guess. And then we gave it to, you know, one of our friends, who is an expert story person. And I remember, she said – Well, this is just not great, because you, you don’t have any sympathy for the main character. And so she wrote all this in notes. And she said – PS, I hope you’ll still be friends with me. So we actually appreciate it. You know, I always, I always appreciate feedback. You know, some people, you know, I don’t think listen to any feedback, they don’t listen to anybody. So you know, that’s how you get Naked Gun for it.
