Peter Morgan interview

In The New York Times, Caryn James talks to Peter Morgan about his career so far, including his forthcoming screen adaptation of his own Writers' Guild Award-nominated play, Frost/Nixon.

As soon as the play had its premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in London, there was enormous interest in the film rights from a list of directors with intellectual and artistic cachet, including Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes and George Clooney. [Ron] Howard, whose last film was “The Da Vinci Code,” doesn’t seem like the obvious guy to pick, but Mr. Morgan had at least one shrewd show-business reason for choosing him. “Frost/Nixon” is, as Mr. Morgan put it, “a talky, talky, talky piece, and it’s about a political interview.” But, he said, “it’s an extremely accessible piece of entertainment, and I wanted somebody whose name up on the poster would make an audience feel comfortable.”