http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20194500,00.html
Wow... I wonder how Jessica Biel (also part of the cast) is gonna cope?
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20194500,00.html
Wow... I wonder how Jessica Biel (also part of the cast) is gonna cope?
Well... Caan is right. You try to cough and choke at the same time. It doesn't make any sense.
I really wish I could see footage of Clooney and Russell at it. The commentary on Three Kings is just bizarre to listen to.
It's a shame, because Russell is a great director. After this, he might not even get a chance to make future movies.
Honestly how many directors have fought with their cast members? I know that in this age of info we can easily find it out, but imagine back in the old days when we didn't hear about every single onset spat. I'm pretty sure it happened back then. That said, I do worry that this will affect Russell's ability to get more projects. I love Three Kings and I think that I Heart Huckabees is a great film.
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Yeah, Russell's future really does need him to be a little more allowing of actor's concerns. Caan is absolutely right. You cannot cough and choke at the same time. If you're coughing, air is getting through and you aren't choking.
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Well, Russell is the director. It seems kind of unreasonable that Caan wouldn't at least try it his way. I mean, it's Russell's vision, and this is a comedy, not a medical drama. One of George C. Scott's most memorable performances (Dr. Strangelove) was made up of takes that he supposedly hated.
But then again, Russell was probably just being an asshat.
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Whatever. Caan seems fairly replaceable to me. Just hope Russell can keep it together enough to pull off the flick.
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I read in a different article about this that said Russell tried to be accommodating and offered to shoot it two different ways, but by then Caan wouldn't have it. So it sounded like it was more on Caan than Russell.
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In the context of this article, I think Caan comes off looking worse than Russell. It's not his choice how the scene is played. If he wants to do things his way, have him get behind a camera and direct. And like D7 said, it's a comedy. It doesn't have to be accurate. The scene was probably being played for laughs.
However, knowing Russell, I'm sure this wasn't their first run-in. This was probably just the final straw for Caan. Russell had better seriously get control of himself, otherwise he's going to have a very hard time finding actors for his projects.
I Heart David O. Russell's temper.
He's shooting this flick here in Columbia. Maybe I can find and heckle him.
What bugs me most about situations like is is that there are people out there who believe that they've somehow earned the right to act like jerk towards other people. Whether it's Caan thinking that he is somehow above trying things a new way, or it's Russell thinking that his artistic intentions are so genius that he has the final word, it all disgusts me.
I've seen this happen to people like lawyers, real estate brokers, record producers, A&R people, and so one. That as a society we put up with people who end up this ugly and disgusting because "it's just the way they are," or "they're rich", or "they're artists," or "they've earned the right," says a lot about where our priorities are. It's pretty sad.
I have no time for people like this. Adult-babies is all they are, and our culture enables them.
Huh, any actor is replaceable, I guess, but why say this about Caan? He's great.Quoting Doclop (view post)
Anyway, like MadMan says, the internet has made this kind of stuff public domain, but back in the Hollywood days, this kind of run-in between actor star and megadirector happened all the time. Hitchcock had them with Ingrid Bergman and Paul Newman, Billy Wilder with Spencer Tracy and I imagine Fritz Lang must have pissed off half of L.A.
Silently watching someone die from lack of oxygen probably doesn't hit the right comedic notes for a scene involving a politician's death via cookie.
I side with Russell, even if he is a bit of a bastard.
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I thought we had heard the last of this. Guess not.
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This thread is so old it has several posters making posts in it who sadly don't post here anymore.
I must have not checked back to see this post. That last part makes me laugh a lot.
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