Graycelin

Graycelin asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi Cornelia. I know I asked you a question before, but I have another one. :) Were you happy with the movie? Do you think they captured your characters well? I personally loved both the movie and the book...what did you think? Thanks! Graycelin

Cornelia Funke I think they captured some. Dustfinger is brilliant and Mo was of course always Brendan. Farid, Fenoglio and Meggie are wonderful too. But Elinor is wrong despite Helen Mirren being brilliant as well and Capricorn's men are not real. They feel like fake theatre villains - which is not the actors' fault. I also don't like that the story is not so much about Mo and Meggie, but about finding Resa. But....to shrink a book of several hundred pages into a movie of about 90 minutes....that always means the story changes substantially. That's why I don't allow Reckless to be adapted for film.

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Amira Rutherford-Moore

Amira Rutherford-Moore asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi Cornelia! Ive been a avid fan of yours for about seven years, where I fell in love with your Inkheart trilogy. Inkspell will always be one of my all time favorites! My favorite of yours is the Mirrorworld books, those just take my breath away with each word and description. I know you recently published heartless in German a few months ago,But, do you have any idea when it will be published in English??

~MissDaae~

~MissDaae~ asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi! I just wanted to thank you. Your books are so special to me, especially the Inkworld Trilogy and the Thief Lord. They are filled with so much magic and have taken me on wonderful adventures. How are you so imaginative?! The relationship between Meggie and her dad is so special to me right now, as my own daddy passed away very recently, and their relationship reminds me of what I had with him

Eva

Eva asked Cornelia Funke:

Hi! The Inkheart trilogy is a series which never continues to amaze me, no matter how many times I re-read it . It has shaped my world more than any other book has ever managed to . And as someone who aspires to write books , I just wanted to know - Where do you get your inspiration from? And how do you shape your ideas into wonderful worlds and books which leave us mesmerised ? Thank you!

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