The director of the film, Markus Siga, is a rather unfamiliar name. In 2005, he entered the ranks of film directors for the first year. Prior to this, he has been a TV series and MTV director, and has won the MTV Best MTV Award. When Marcos Siga saw the script of "Pretty Persuasion" for the first time, he was sincerely attracted. In his opinion, although the story of the film is not lacking in absurdity, it also made a clever comment on the current situation of society. , Through all kinds of satirical descriptions to arouse people's thinking about social morality and personal morality. The story of the script contains multi-faceted hot topics, such as family values, racial prejudice, political focus, media attitudes, desire for revenge and fame troubles, etc., while also incorporating elements of youth comedy. In Markus' view, "Pretty Persuasion" should be a comedic tragedy, not a straightforward comedy.
However, the really controversial issue also followed, the screenwriter of the film Skander Halim has long been interested in directing himself. Fortunately, Markus persuaded the producer. The producer believed that as long as the two could sit together, Markus would inform the screenwriter of his understanding of the script, and the latter might completely change his original intention. A few months later, Markus went to Los Angeles to meet with the screenwriter. He repeatedly promised Skander that he would never allow anyone to tamper with the script into a youth comedy. Only then did he finally get the right to direct the film.
