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\"I'm trying to do this version of it and this movie as much justice as I can,\" he added.

Rupert Sanders, the new film's director, told \"GMA\" he loves \"the dark, emotional, Gothic love story\" at the heart of \"The Crow.\"

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PHOTO: Rupert Sanders (Director), FKA twigs and Bill Skarsgard attends the World Premiere of Lionsgate’s "The Crow," in New York, Aug. 20, 2024.
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\"I think, as an artist, you're always looking for material that resonates with you,\" he said. \"We all go through loss, we all go through grief, we all go through love.\"

Calling it a \"universal story,\" the filmmaker said it's \"a mythical fable, in a way, as much as it is a comic book movie.\"

As for what made Skarsgård and FKA twigs the perfect Eric and Shelly, he noted their \"naturalistic\" approach to acting and their unique vibes as why he cast them.

@gma #TheCrow director Rupert Sanders shares why #BillSkarsgård and@FKA twigs ♬ original sound - Good Morning America

\"Bill has this incredible empathy, but also is quite terrifying when he wants to be,\" he said of the \"IT\" actor.

\"Twigs is kind of a magical, otherworldly being,\" Sanders continued of the \"Two Weeks\" singer. \"And there's something about this film where, unless you really love them as much as they love each other, you won't go on that journey. I think for the audience to lose Twigs halfway through the movie, we feel the loss that [Skarsgård's Eric] feels, so that we'll go on that violent mission with him.\"

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PHOTO: A scene from "The Crow."
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He added, \"That was really important. I didn't want to make just a nihilistic revenge movie, I wanted there to be a sense of hope and magic to the movie.\"

FKA twigs told \"GMA\" her connection to Skarsgård \"very natural,\" explaining that it was a \"blessing\" the majority of the movie was shot in sequence so their chemistry could grow organically.

@gma @FKA twigs on how she and #BillSkarsgård created Eric and Shelly’s romance in #TheCrow ♬ original sound - Good Morning America

\"So as Bill and I got to know each other and became more comfortable, the scenes in the movie grew, and Eric and Shelley's love grew for each other,\" she said. \"So I think you can see in the film that we become more comfortable with each other in our body language and the way we touched and the way that we communicated with each other.\"

\"I know that doesn't happen every time,\" FKA twigs continued, \"but you're kind of just seeing two people that are fond of each other getting to know each other kind of platonically outside of set as well as in love on set through the characters.\"

\"The Crow\" is now in theaters.

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