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It reminds me of The Union starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry.
It would have been less disappointing, because you expect something darker from Craven.
Imagine if she had been in Jersey Girl instead of Jennifer Lopez.
In August 1993, Bonnie Siegler interviewed Halle Berry. When asked what she learned from Patrick Swayze during the making of the film, Halle said: <i>"Professionalism. And I learned that when you have valid ideas about a script change, it's OK to express them. But it's the way Patrick expressed them that made the difference. I've worked with men, who will remain nameless, who just burst into the room demanding changes with no valid reasons."</i>
It's Asia Argento's favourite number: https://popcultmaster.substack.com/p/devinette
Whenever I think of VHS tapes literally blurring the line between realism and fakery, I think of how the moon landing footage was made blurry. Although that was different because they had a camera aimed at the monitor displaying footage that was being projected onto a screen.
Pearce is the tall man's Warwick Davis.
Less M:I, more Bond. Less suspense, more action.
To add to that, Bronson made the mistake of turning down some big films just because he wanted to be with Jill Ireland (on camera as well as off). Something that even Michael Winner once mentioned in a documentary about him.
Bronson had a less rigid face than Clint Eastwood, so I think he had it within himself to play more vulnerable or sensitive characters had he been so inclined.
Gates of Hell.
Did she arrange to have her stalker killed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauQSvzIVQw
In Asia's book, she stated: <i>"I was happy, especially for the huge fee I was going to be paid, but I was no longer interested in this coveted Hollywood career."</i>
Later on, she wrote: <i>"The public loved my role as a kick-ass girl, the journalists my personality. I was doing more and more covers of American magazines in skimpy outfits, TV interviews, red carpets... I had also changed agents, chosen the woman who looked after Johnny Depp, I was being offered screen tests. I said to myself: "OK, I've succeeded there too." But as I've already written, I didn't give a damn about being a smashing actress in Hollywood."</i>
<i>"Contrary to what my agent would have liked, I turned down a lead role in 2 Fast 2 Furious, as well as leading roles in comedies and other commercial bullshit films. I had other plans, I wanted to capitalize on the success and money of xXx for my next film, because I knew the challenge of making an independent film dealing with a subject as serious as child abuse. My agent implored me: "Make a few million as an actress first." I hired another agent to find me roles that pay well without taking too much time, even in crappy films. I needed the money to stay in Los Angeles, feed my daughter and shoot my film."</i>
In Asia Argento's autobiography, she had this to say about Vin: <i>"I had never heard of him. He was very likeable, and unlike those American actors who have box-office hits and become stars overnight, he hadn't gotten a big head. He seemed normal, and I treated him like any other person, something he was no longer used to and which, I think, relaxed him."</i>
<i>"I got on wonderfully with Vin. We became friends. While writing this book, I went through old diaries and found a text message that Vin had written to me at the end of filming, which I had copied - You have always been a source of warmth for me, a boulevard of hope; to tell the truth, a refuge. I doubt I will ever work with someone who is as good a match for me again."</i>
<i>"When our scenes were over, we would often stay chatting in my caravan or his. We would have some great laughs. Sometimes, for lunch or dinner, when we weren't filming, I would go to his place and cook him spaghetti with ragù, bolognese as he called it. We would roll around joints, we had a good time."</i>
<i>"Everyone was staying in a horrible hotel, except Vin, who had been rented a hell of a villa by the production, for him and all those who accompanied him, his fake friends, his bodyguards. I didn't see much of Vin at that point, we only had two scenes together."</i>
<i>"Vin and I remained friends for quite a long time after the film, we even spent a vacation together in Sardinia."</i>
From her memoir...
About her mother: <i>"I remember her on the phone with a great director, and my sister Anna running after me screaming throughout the apartment to put lemon in my eyes. She had gotten it into her head that lemon was good for your eyesight. My mother, once the phone call was over, took me to task. She pulled down her tights, which she always wore without panties, and she yelled at me: "Lemon is good for your eyesight and it tightens your pussy!" And rubbing it on her crotch before throwing it in the trash. The incident was closed."</i>
Another anecdote: <i>"I escaped in my own way from the reality that surrounded me. For example, I always masturbated and I am convinced that it saved me. My mother made me feel guilty, she was constantly trying to catch me doing my "dirty things", as she said. I always wondered why such a free woman was so obsessed with my little girl urges. It was a way for me to escape, to repair my soul from all the injustices I was a victim of, to reclaim the immeasurable value of my intimacy. In a way, to grant myself the caresses that no one gave me. A little older, I bought myself a bottle in secret. The pacifier comforted me. One day, I was maybe 8 years old, I asked my mother if I could suckle her breast. It was evening, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, and she agreed, no doubt she understood that I needed it. I remember her white shirt unbuttoned, her chest barely touched. One of the happiest memories of my childhood."</i>
In Asia Argento's memoir, she referred to him as Bourricot (donkey).
Jerry Lee Lewis was worse than her.
Her career suffered less than his.
His return to acting, Downfalls High, was released in the same month (January 2021) as Asia's memoir.
I'm reminded of something that Christina Ricci said about Johnny Depp: <i>"We actually had some sex scenes, which was very strange. In front of 20 people on the set, with someone who was 27, who you met for the first time when you were nine. It was a little weird."</i>
Rob Lowe got away with screwing a 16-year-old.
I'm sure that Musk would be proud.