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[b]55. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 02/05 **8**[/b]
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Reader Blind: What A list Bad Boy actor/director (Mickey Rourke or Sean Penn) was obsessed with a Los Angeles underground writer (Charles Bukowski), so much that he dedicated a film to him ("Barfly")? The writer wasn’t too impressed with the actor however, and was not really a movie fan. The writer was more intrigued by the actor’s junkyard dog bodyguard (Chuck Zito), thought he was more interesting and real, and that drove the actor crazy with jealousy. [i]Mickey Rourke or Sean Penn/Charles Bukowski/"Barfly"/Chuck Zito (Bukowski's reaction to the film "Barfly") (Hell’s real-life angel)[/i]
That sort of reminds me of Sir Alec Guinness distaining Star Wars because most people post-1977 recognized him first and foremost as Obi-Wan Kenobi when he only did that movie for the money and thought that the dialogue was terrible.
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[quote]As for the reason for Plummer's contempt, he gave a few explanations over the years. Sometimes he expressed disdain for Captain Von Trapp: "I was a bit bored with the character,” Plummer told The Boston Globe back in 2010. "Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse. And the subject matter is not mine. I mean, it can't appeal to every person in the world. It's not my cup of tea.” In 2011, he went into further detail at an actors' round table organized by The Hollywood Reporter. Citing The Sound of Music as his toughest role — strong words from the guy who played the emperor in Starcrash — he called the movie "so awful and sentimental and gooey," and recalled that he "had to work terribly hard to try and infuse some minuscule bit of humor into it."
Plummer would spend the majority of his life avoiding The Sound of Music whenever possible, turning down offers to appear at the film's 40th anniversary reunion before relenting and joining his fellow Von Trapps on The Oprah Winfrey Show for the 45th. Meanwhile, on the other side of the coin, there was one role that Plummer always regretted not playing. In an interview with Conan O'Brien, he expressed regret over the fact that he had been offered the part of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings but turned it down. "...three or four years in New Zealand," he said, "I thought maybe there were other countries I'd like to visit before I croak.[/quote]
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[b]Reasons Roger Rabbit sequel could be made:[/b]
[quote]- Companies are now way more open to work with each other. While companies pull their IPs for their own streaming, we've seen a number of major crossover films in recent years. From Wreck It Ralph and its sequel to Ready Player One. The legal wrangling and such is easier now than in 1988
- With the fast rise of Disney Plus, Disney is aggressively going over all their IPS for sequels and spinoffs in the coming years. Looking at their 2021-2023 slate its insane to see what dormant classics are being mined, but with quality in a way the old VHS cheapquels didn't receive
- The "style" of Roger Rabbit can finally be achieved with 3d software, given the look of Tom and Jerry. Even SpongeBob's new movie takes 3d and turns it into a strange different type of aesthetic. The 1998 test footage of Roger Rabbit 2 that leaked glimpsed at the possibilities that are out there.
- The modern day celebrity actors that would jump at the opportunity. You can think of any top comedy or drama or legacy actor and they'd jump for the role
- The only hindering aspect may be the more subversive elements. Things have become more sensitive and rigid in what can be shown in both a PG and just in overall content these days. But I think with the right clever braintrust of writers and ideas, it could be done.[/quote]
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[b]Racism, ratings and revenge: Revisiting Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom[/b]
[url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-05/revisiting-indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom/13122750[/url]
[quote]Temple of Doom became notorious for all these reasons, but perhaps its biggest misstep was its racially insensitive scenes and reliance on Indian stereotypes. Writing for Firstpost, Kuzhali Manickavel noted:
"As Indians, we are often overcome with pride when we see the rest of the world take notice of us in some way. But perhaps we need to consider what it means when people only notice us on these terms. Would it have been terribly difficult for the Indiana Jones team to get their India stuff right? Probably not. But obviously they felt there was no need to get that stuff right. And that is something worth thinking about."[/quote]
The argument that I've heard pertaining to Daryl Hannah is that she was barely A-list to begin with. She seemed content to play small roles in movies, which may work for her personally, but doesn't exactly keep you in the public eye. She also, was never really critically acclaimed for her work and many considered her just a pretty face in regards to her acting.
[url]https://lebeauleblog.com/2012/09/23/what-the-hell-happened-to-daryl-hannah/[/url]
That's where I think Kilmer thrived in the role when compared to George Clooney. Val Kilmer unlike Clooney had the ability to make cheeseball lines like that work. Clooney I think, would've clearly sounded embarrassed, visibly irritated, and detached had he said "It's the car, right? Chicks dig the car?" I think that wrote that Kilmer brought a suaveness and a genuine feeling that he was the "smartest person in the room" when compared to say, Michael Keaton's interpretation or George Clooney's Bruce Wayne.
It wasn't so much that they made it (it was inevitable, that there was going to be a third Spider-Man after the positive reception from the previous one), it's that they tried to do way too much, all at once. The movie was arguably screwed, when Avi Arad forced Sam Raimi to include Venom, even though Raimi made it known that he didn't like the character. It seemed that at that point, Raimi was making the movie out of obligation instead of as a passion. Plus, he was already backed into a corner because he had to finish off Harry's arc, that was set up in the previous movie.
Well, the problem with Kim Basinger is that many of the movies that she starred in and was the lead flopped hard and got tepid reviews. I mean let's be real here, can you without looking it up on your computer, name and recall all of the movies that Kim Basinger appeared in at least in-between Batman and LA Confidential? Kim was probably more of a tabloid star due to her financial and legal issues and her relationships with Prince and Alec Baldwin than a genuine box office attraction.
Batman was undoubtedly, the pinnacle of Kim's career (outside of her Oscar win of course). If Kim Basinger wasn't considered A-list then (i.e. somebody whose comes before the title of the movie in the opening credits/is above the marquee), she was definitely considered one after Batman. I think that Kim was certainly an A-list star from 1989 (she was gradually climbing up the ladder in the five years leading up to that) up until she 1994, when she went on her three year sabbatical from appearing in movies.
When she did that movie Cool World, Ralph Bakshi, the director originally wanted Drew Barrymore for her part. But he was overruled by the studio because Kim Basinger was considered a bigger box office draw than either Drew or Brad Pitt (who Bakshi desperately wanted) at the time. Also, when Kim infamously got involved with that movie Boxing Helena, a lot of that movie being greenlit hinged on having a major star attached to it.
Would a Friends-era Lisa Kudrow be too on-the-nose as Sandy? I mean, it has often been said that Teri Garr was essentially, the Lisa Kudrow of her heyday. That's why when Teri played Lisa's mother on Friends, it was probably the most perfect/inspired parental/maternal casting choice ever.
Also, why does Drew need to have this dude assist her in interviews now!? Like when Deborah Norville or Andie MacDowell came on, recently.
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I'm sure that some people may find Ross harmless and charming and unapologetically "himself", but he (I suppose like Drew) can be extremely eccentric and hyper in his demeanor. And that type of relentlessly bubbly giddiness is really hard to tolerate in large doses at a time. But at least, Drew is a major star and people come to watch and talk to her first and foremost.
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I recently read a comment that said that Kim Basinger during her heyday (at least beginning with The Natural in 1984), was the first actress that you called when you needed a woman who could play the soft variation on the femme fatale. I don't know if this applies to her role as Vicki Vale, but Kim at the time was blonde, extremely beautiful, just over 30, and willing to take her clothes off for the right role. She was more importantly, capable of conveying both intelligence and vulnerability.
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Jessica Lange was the primary actress who best filled that quotient for Hollywood before Kim Basinger and Sharon Stone followed her. Stone was in return, followed by Gwyneth Paltrow and it continues today with Margot Robbie. Basically, Kim was the perfect actress whenever Hollywood needed a blonde woman who is no longer an ingenue, but is too sexy to be driving carpool. Generally speaking, that character acts as a catalyst in another person’s journey (such as Bruce Wayne's in Batman), but they have enough lines to get second billing and their face on the poster. Lana Turner was arguably the first notable actress to fill such a need in movies.
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[b]290. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 01/30 **3**[/b]
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This foreign born former A+ list mostly movie actor is an Oscar winner/nominee. He is an anti-vaxxer, but agreed to pretend he got a vaccination for the cameras. [i]Anthony Hopkins (Anthony Hopkins, 83, shares the moment he received the COVID-19 vaccination after a year of 'self imposed quarantine': 'Light at the end of the tunnel')[/i]
Bringing Bronson Pinchot back as Serge to me, seemed to be compensation for the absence of John Ashton and Ronny Cox (Sgt. Taggert and Captain Bogomil respectively). Plus, like you said Eddie Murphy for the most part, unlike in the prior two, decided to play things straight and not ab-lib (since he felt that Axel had matured in the seven years since BHCII and should no longer be this brash, loud-mouthed, hot-shot cowboy cop). So Serge, who was considered one funniest parts and a scene stealer from the first movie, was there to make up for the lack of comedy. Serge as he is portrayed here, seems like he's meant to be Q to Axel Foley's James Bond.
I can kind of see where they wanted to go with the theme park setting. Steven E. de Zuza wrote the screenplay for this as well as Die Hard. So the concept was supposed to be in theory and on paper, "Die Hard in a theme park". I think with the right director, script, and budget, they could've made that concept work.
Unfortunately, instead of this claustrophobic, edge of your seat, dynamite action film like Die Hard, where the hero is trapped and has to battle his way out, Beverly Hills Cop III is more about the investigation. I think that people just saw the theme park concept as too cheesy for something like Beverly Hills Cop and passed.
Robin Williams did this film called One Hour Photo, where he played a really creepy, mentally unbalanced photo developer, who targets a middle-class family. That's pretty much how I would've imagined him as Edward Nygma.
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Somebody recently told me that what really hurt Kim's career in the long run was that she spent the majority of her career playing sexy, sultry bombshells. When you bank on being a sexy leading lady, you don’t have a lot of shelf life in Hollywood—that role is a young woman’s game. Even attractive older women find roles like that few and far between.
To put thing into proper perspective, Kim Basinger is as I type this, 67 years old. When the movie that garnered her an Academy Award, LA Confidential was released, she was about 44 years of age. That put her on the upper end of the “bombshell” age range. By that particular age, she would have started facing serious competition for the type of roles she was known for, and taking two years off afterwards would not have helped her. And at the age that she was at when making LA Confidential, she should have been looking for roles that did not depend on her looking like a supermodel.
And naturally, in order to make the transition to more meatier roles, you need more than looks—you need the acting chops to pull it off. If you were just a pretty face but a so-so actor like Kim Basinger, your ability to stay employed diminishes as you age.
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Based on that interview with Kevin Nealon, I get the sense that Kim Basinger wants to pridefully fashion herself as some sort of outspoken rebel, who marched to the beat of her own drum and was above the so-called Hollywood "BS". I think that's one big reason why Hollywood seemingly wants little to do with her anymore. She simply put, pissed the wrong people off I'm afraid with her attitude behind the scenes. If Kim was a proven money maker, then I would like to believe that her supposed "difficult" and neurotic behavior would've been much more tolerated.
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