When I sat down to write the sequels, I knew there were going to be three at the time and eventually it turned into four.
They kept wanting to talk about the new stories. I said, ‘We aren’t doing that yet.’
We need to protect it, protect that ember and that flame.’
Eventually I had to threaten to fire them all because they were doing what writers do, which is to try and create new stories. I said, ‘We need to understand what the connection was.