Producer Hiram Garcia Explains Why You Don’t Say No to ‘Jungle Cruise’
We chat with the blockbuster producer about the lifetime of movie watching that finally put him and Dwayne Johnson in a room with Disney executives.
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By Brad Gullickson · Published on July 27th, 2021
Welcome to World Builders, our ongoing series of conversations with the most productive and thoughtful behind-the-scenes craftspeople. In this entry, we chat with producer Hiram Garcia about Jungle Cruise and how a filmmaker can delight audiences from eight to eighty.
It takes years to get in the room. And not just a few years or even a decade. It takes a lifetime to get in the room. Once you’re inside, the joy is overwhelming. Then, the nerves settle in. You gotta prove that you’re meant to be there.