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M. April 04, 2010
How did you bring [Gemma Arterton’s character] Io into the story?
Matt Manfredi: The character originated in Travis’s draft as a character known as the Wilting Girl, and she was a demi-goddess that came along on the journey. It evolved from there. We really liked the idea of having a woman on the journey who wasn’t trying to kill him. Her character kept evolving as we kept writing. Just having a female presence along for the journey was very appealing to us, and seemed like it would mix it up in an exciting way.