Almost a decade after taking on an unusually challenging directorial debut with the world’s first live-streamed feature film in “Lost in London,” Woody Harrelson is finally ready to direct again. The actor revealed his desire to be back behind a camera, as well as his latest creative venture as a budding stand-up comic, while at the Variety Lounge, presented by the Sarajevo Film Festival and BH Telecom.
Despite having a career spanning more than 100 films, starring in major franchises such as “The Hunger Games” and “Star Wars,” leading TV hits such as “True Detective” and “Cheers,” and now hosting a podcast, Harrelson said directing “Lost in London” was “the most challenging thing I have ever experienced.”
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut, Harrelson is thinking about revisiting the format, albeit in a less dramatic fashion. “I’ll go to one of the streamers and say: Hey, do you want to try doing a live film? Maybe like an hour, though, and certainly not like [‘Lost in London’], when there were 14 different locations and hundreds of extras.”
“It nearly killed me,” he recalled of directing and starring in the high-pressure shoot. “I think it could be fun to try it again, but this time I think it will be easier having the benefit of having done it before and knowing 190 things I would have done differently. I can hopefully fix it, make it better.”
