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"Wes Anderson has said he is pleasantly surprised by the positive reaction to his new film Moonrise Kingdom. The director told Collider that he actually made the film as an homage to his 12-year-old self.   &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;ve ever had a film that got quite as enthusiastic reviews as this one, which is great,&amp;quot; Anderson explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s the kind of story where I feel like, if I had seen this as a 12-year-old, I would like to think that this might be a movie that would really grab me, at that age, and that maybe people can connect it to their own experiences of that age.&amp;quot; The filmmaker added: &amp;quot;Grown-ups could see something in their own past that might ring true, I would hope.&amp;quot; Anderson also revealed that he never has a &amp;quot;preconception&amp;quot; about casting his movies even though Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray have appeared in many of his projects. &amp;quot;When I did Rushmore, many years ago, I did have an idea of what I was looking for, and the person that I found, which was Jason Schwartzman, was absolutely nothing like what I had pictured, but yet he was clearly the one when he did show up,&amp;quot; he recalled.  &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s the thing. With [Moonrise Kingdom], I just knew that I couldn&amp;#039;t conjure up something. I had to just see what I found.&amp;quot;  Edward Norton previously disclosed that he came to star in Moonrise Kingdom after developing a long-term friendship with Anderson. Moonrise Kingdom is now playing in cinemas. Watch a trailer for Moonrise Kingdom below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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