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IMDB has finally listed Drive on Amy’s filmography as well as the name of the first episode: The Starting Line — this suggests that Amy will be in the pilot, at least in ‘flashback’ mode — an interview with Tim Minear backs this up. Excerpts of the interview with GeekMonthly.com are below. Not long to go now.
GEEKMONTHLY.COM: You mentioned earlier that you had to do a lot of reshoots on the first episode?
TIM MINEAR: We’re basically reshooting the pilot, for a whole host of reasons. Again, as you say, the concept is unusual. Now the studio and network were very enthusiastic about the project and they all really love the pilot and they want to give it the best possible chance. That’s why we [Minear and co-creator Ben Queen] rewrote the first act so that we could get into the story a little differently. As cool as that four minutes on the highway was, there really wasn’t anything to hook you in emotionally because there wasn’t anything to hook you into these people emotionally. You didn’t quite know what they were doing and it was funny and quirky and absolutely a joy to look at, but we were creating, at that point in time, a sales tool.
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