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As a long time reader of The Guardian, it was great to finally contribute some work to their print and online editions. Click the pictures below to read my work.

How we made Muriel’s Wedding: ‘No one wanted a film about a plus-sized thief and liar’

‘Gangs charged us $200 a night to shoot on their turf’: Walter Hill on making cult film The Warriors

‘Jim Carrey told me to “go all the way” with the laxative toilet scene’: Jeff Daniels on Dumb and Dumber

‘We wrote “Suit you, sir!” for Harry Enfield – he didn’t like it’: an oral history of The Fast Show

John Carpenter on horror classic The Thing: ‘It was an enormous failure and I got fired’

Sean S Cunningham & Adrienne King: How We Made Friday The 13th

Jeff Bridges & Bruce Boxleitner: How We Made Tron

Lori Petty & Simon Wincer: How We Made Free Willy

‘Dirty Dancing felt like it was made for me!’: Jennifer Grey on her turbulent life – and the film that made her a star

Rob Reiner & Kiefer Sutherland: How We Made Stand By Me

Paul Verhoeven & Nancy Allen: How We Made Robocop

Charlie Sheen & John C. McGinley: How We Made Platoon

Steve Guttenberg & John Badham: How We Made Short Circuit

Danny DeVito & Barry Sonnenfeld: how we made Get Shorty

Dan Aykroyd & John Landis: How We Made The Blues Brothers

'Everyone considered it a bad idea': How The Office went from Slough to Scranton

David and Jerry Zucker & Robert Hays: How We Made Airplane!

Andie MacDowell & Mike Newell: How We Made Four Weddings and a Funeral

Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman & Mike Schur: How We Made Parks and Recreation

Anjelica Huston & Barry Sonnenfeld: How we made The Addams Family

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