Why did Ridley Scott borrow footage from ‘The Shining’ for ‘Blade Runner’?
Pilfering from an icon.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 07/2024
The iconic Gene Hackman role meant for Marlon Brando: “It’s not too bad to be second”
He didn’t have an issue being the dregs.
A self-effacing icon: why Christopher Walken only considers himself “a good craftsman”
He’s wrong, of course.
The “true artist” Jane Fonda believed deserved more recognition: “I don’t understand it”
She felt compelled to point it out.
How getting “spanked” on a movie steered James Cameron towards history
Things have never been the same since.
How Orson Welles’ favourite American directors taught him the art of timelessness
The dos and dont’s of greatness.
The director Philip Seymour Hoffman really wanted to work with: “I feel like we’d get each other”
It could have been magic.
The toughest role of Joaquin Phoenix’s career: “You need everyone around you”
No stranger to self-sacrifice.
Quentin Tarantino names the actors he’s always wanted to work with: “It has to be special”
Time to make those phone calls.