Moffet says that for his character, "Howard Hughes was a good place to start. He had that kind of certainty, which I try to show physically. And I try to make him as charming as possible because the audience must be interested in what life would be like for Myra with me, instead of dismissing the possibility as ludicrous. It would have been so easy to make this guy a rich fop."

Moffet did a lot of research into the extent of occult practices in Los Angeles in the post-war period. He sees the Museum of Atomic science built by Wyatt, as a temple to power. And for Wyatt, Myra is another cog in the machine that will enable him to harness yet more power. To other people this might seem evil, but to Wyatt it doesn't.

Everyone in this movie, except Ross, thinks they understand magic, says Moffet, "Myra, Doc, Wyatt, the Magician, Tojola - they all have a world view that encompasses magic, but Wyatt's is a black one."

D.W Moffet is perhaps best known as the ruggedly handsome leading man in TV films such as "Passion for Justice" with Jane Seymour, and Danielle Steel's "Fine Things".