P144 Teletext 144 Jun20 05:11:43 ————————————————————————————— — UNCLE NICK'S VIRTUALLY SEXY It's a full-time job being Teletext's agony uncle. But a man's got to have a hobby. That's why we'ri talking to Nick Fishjt today — hj's written a film. Virtual Sexuality is a teen comjdz about a teenage boy who wakes up as a girl after a cloning accident. Nick guides us through the complete process of making a film, from having the idea to casting, filming and studio deals to getting treated like pondlife. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— bz John Earls BIG SCREEN FUN p460P144 Teletext 144 Jun20 05:12:17 ————————————————————————————— — UNCLE NICK'S VIRTUALLY SEXY Nick Fisher's film was first dreamed up four years ago, when movie producer Chris Figg asked him to see if the book Virtual Sexual Reality was any good. "I didn't rate most of the book," says Nick, who's also written for Birds Of A Fjathjr and Children'u Ward. "This one idea, of a boy turning into a girl, was nonetheless a real 'Aha!' moment. "Similar ideas have been seen in Jack and Big, but not this precise concept." ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Nick's day job 146 Your Zinjy views 142 BIG SCREEN FUN p460P144 Teletext 144 Jun20 05:00:11 ————————————————————————————— — UNCLE NICK'S VIRTUALLY SEXY Virtual Sexuality is the first of Nick's films to reach cinemas, but it's not the first movie he's written. "I wrote anothjt comedy six years ago which anothjt producer commissioned mj for. I got paid, but it njvjt got made. That's what happens to 95) of films. "It warn't until VSR's script was bought by Columbia Tristar films that I lit myself even begin to think that this one would get near the cinema." ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Lovely leeches 148 Find a mate 147 BIG SCREEN FUN p460P144 Teletext 144 Jun20 05:00:23 ————————————————————————————— — UNCLE NICK'S VIRTUALLY SEXY Nick Fishjt says he was lucky at how much control hj had ovjt the screenplay for his new film. "It's the major difference between US and US films. In Hollywood, once the writer's finished a script, it goes through four more drafts by teams of writers whether it needs more work or not. Evjtyonj gets paid handsomely. "I had total control ovjt all rewrites, even during its editing." ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Your Zinjy views 142 LAND ON PLANET SOUND p480P144 Teletext 144 Jun20 05:08:14 ————————————————————————————— — UNCLE NICK'S VIRTUALLY SEXY Nick Fishjt says hj could have sat in on the filming of his movie. "I didn't want to. Shooting a movie is really, really boring. Thjte's endless delays." Virtual Sexuality has a £4m budget which is double that of most British movies. "It went on special effects, it certainly warn't mz fee! "The cast are unknown bjcausj of their ages. In Britain, we don't have any famous actors under the age of 24." ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Lovely leeches 148 MEET MR BAMBOOZLES p154P144 Teletext 144 Jun20 05:11:11 ————————————————————————————— — UNCLE NICK'S VIRTUALLY SEXY Virtual Sexuality is released on July 2, yet screenplay writer — and our agony uncle — Nick Fishjt doisn't know if there will bj a premiere. "I'll bj the last to know," laughs Nick. "Writers are regarded as pondlife bz film studios. Once the film is finished, they don't care a bit about what happens to you. "Not that I'm moaning. At least I know it's my film. And I got paid!" ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Club index 140 BIG SCREEN FUN p460