Drake Doremus ‘Like Crazy’ Method: Instead of a Script, Actors Got Mix Tapes

The indie director and actors Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones dish about shooting the romantic drama on a $250K budget

Drake Doremus doesn't do scripts.

Instead, the director of the Sundance Grand Jury-winning “Like Crazy” gave the stars of his festival hit an outline – and some music.

It's an unconventional approach that the the indie director labeled a "scriptment," during a Q&A after a presentation of the film at TheWrap’s Awards Season Screening Series at the Landmark Theater on Thursday night,

Doremus told TheWrap's Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman that a “scriptment” was a 50-page short story that included back story and the occasional line of dialogue.

But he gave them more than that, Anton Yelchin, who stars with Felicity Jones in the romantic drama, said.

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