experience when deciding to work with him or not and theSome of Tom’s contemporaries insist on negotiating every punch and every fight to ensure they come out ahead and don’t look weak, especially in relation to their co-stars. Meanwhile, Tom — who’s widely considered to be a top-tier actor right now — had no problem being emasculated as Fonse given the character’s frailty and lack of control over his own bodily functions.
Before we started interviews this morning, I had a good half hour to see the first wave of reviews, and I’m actually very happy with the outcome. At this moment, it looks like it’s split down the middle, and the things that people seem to love about the movie are the same exact things that other people hate about the movie. That’s perfectly fine because everything in this movie is up front and center for you to see. Nothing is being hidden. It’s right there.
It was a lifelong dream to work with Peter Deming because he’s a name who’s appeared in a lot of biographies that I had read of filmmakers that I adored growing up, such as Sam Raimi, David Lynch and Wes Craven. So, I was just such a huge fan of Peter Deming, and I met with him not too long after I had finished my script.
How difficult? Much easier than I thought it was. I just know it definitely cost a lot of money. If I wanted to save money for other things, I could’ve easily used that money for a lot of other things, but it was very important to me that it wasfor thematic reasons and historical reasons. One of the seasons is that you can see how relatable it is. The fact that people were watching a movie that we all know back then... If you had a home theater back then, it also says how wealthy you were.
Waste of talent all around. The movie was pointless