Yes, the letter is long - the whole story is much longer. Sadly, I can only guess as to why Leo and Tobey set out to destroy Don's Plum. Of course I was involved, but the reasons that we turned a short film into a feature film or that we were going to pit the press against Leo don't add up, so there must be a different reason. Here's what I know, I know that there was only one person in all of Don's Plum, cast and crew, that wanted Don's Plum to "burn" and that was Tobey Maguire. I believe that Tobey thought he was out shined in Don's Plum by Kevin Connolly in particular, and I think that Tobey didn't want to see Kevin or RD Robb (or me for that matter) succeed ahead of him. That may seem outlandish but let me tell you that Hollywood is a viciously competitive business. Kevin Connolly didn't hit until 2004. That's nine years after we filmed Don's Plum. Tobey's star was rising just as we finished editing Don's Plum. If the attention shifted from Tobey to Kevin and/or RD it could have threatened Tobey's career trajectory. So he made up a bunch of lies, got Leo extremely upset and that led to Leo making a terrible mistake. That's my take on it. Maybe someday Tobey will speak about it and we can hear his side. I'm dying to know!
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