Francis Ford Coppola Did an AMA on the Megalopolis Account

Inviting the internet to ask you anything doesn’t always go great (hi, Woody Harrelson). But how else could Francis Ford Coppola entitle us to plow through the riches of his Emersonian mind? On October 4, Coppola tweeted on the Megalopolis account that he would be answering fan questions to “celebrate the spirit of DEBATE in the film.” The result wasn’t too contentious, though. In one of the most wow-worthy moments of the director’s brief AMA, he explained that he decided to name a character Wow because he met a “southern young lady” whose great grandmother was “so beautiful that her name evolved as ‘WOW.” When Coppola saw a painting of the great grandmother in question, he recalled saying — what else? — “wow!” (Honestly, a lot of people do feel that way about Aubrey Plaza, who plays Wow in Megalopolis, so that checks out.) Replying to another fan who was curious about the inspiration behind a scene with a hidden arrow, Coppola stated that he “thought it was funny.” Over the course of nine answers, he also promoted his Letterboxd, shared how often he thinks about the Roman Empire, and picked one title to highlight from his filmography. All fairly tame questions! Maybe next, the Megalopolis account admin will get Adam Driver to do an AMA about going back to the cluuuub.