"When Zeitlin was writing the script, Hushpuppy’s role was smaller, and the film was more of a strange comedy than the drama it is now. “When you find someone like Quvenzhané, you have to be not precious about what you wrote to see that this is something extraordinary that you’ve found,” he muses. “You have to recognise that a miracle has happened and then allow that miracle to take over."
Film 3Sixty interviewed Benh Zeitlin and Quvenzhané Wallis at a UK preview of Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Read more from their chat here including Quvenzhané's toughest audition moments.