Jakey Pooh said making Zodiac was a collaborative effort:

"We share ideas, and we incorporate those ideas." He added: "David knows what he wants, and he's very clear about what he wants, and he's very, very, very smart.

But sometimes we'd do a lot of takes, and he'd turn, and he would say, because he had a computer there" â€" the movie was shot digitally â€" " ‘Delete the last 10 takes.' And as an actor that's very hard to hear."

And he noted that other members of the "Zodiac" cast had far more experience, adding: "I wish I could've had the maturity to be like: ‘I know what he wants. He wants the best out of me.' "

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