Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement tell Lydia Jenkin how their love of vampires and 20-year friendship inspired a movie about a bunch of bloodsucking mates flatting together in Wellington.
As TimeOut sits down in a dimly lit room underneath the Civic Theatre with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, the small talk turns to how appropriate the location feels for an interview with vampires. But it's not long before the pair are bouncing off each other with an easy comic rapport.
These two have been friends for years, and their latest film What We Do In The Shadows, which they co-wrote, co-directed, and co-star in, is not just a grand celebration of ordinary vampires, but of a fruitful creative relationship. They have made their names separately with Flight of the Conchords and Boy, but some of their first steps in the entertainment world were made together, at Victoria University in the 1990s.
