Damon Lindelof: Watchmen "made a very profound impression on me when I read it when I was 13 years old"

Entertainment Weekly

Lindelof tells EW in a wide-ranging interview why he chose to adapt Watchmen following his acclaimed work on The Leftovers, explaining that "this is something from my childhood that I carry a tremendous amount of nostalgia for." He adds: "So is there a way to take this thing I love and be inspired by it, not erase it, but build upon its foundation? That depends on whether I have the right idea. The ideas started to come with what to do with Watchmen and then it didn’t really feel like a decision anymore but something I felt compelled to do. That sounds arrogant and full of hubris but when I haven’t made choices based on that feeling things haven’t turned out so well because then you’re doing it for the wrong reasons. But when you get really inspired you have to chase it even if it leads to ruin."