Although John Turturro has led a career in the field of regard, there is a director with whom he regrets that he cannot work.
In a recent interview on Josh Horowitz Happy sad confusion Podcast, the Emmy winner revealed that he had inadvertently managed to work with Stanley Kubrick, who had written a role for him for the erotic thriller Eyes widenedwhich was posthumously published in 1999.
“I did not refuse Stanley Kubrick, but Stanley Kubrick called me for Eyes widenedAnd I was, as, shocked that he knew everything about me, “said the actor, explaining that when he had just finished five years of preparation for the 1997 The trucein which he portrayed Primo Levi.
“And he said,” I think you are a great actor “, and I said:” Well, thank you. “He said:” Well, you are“Recalls Turturro.” I said to myself: “Well, I can’t walk in my house saying that to my wife, she will hit my head with a pan. And he said, “Well, I’m going to send you a script and I hope you like it.” He says, “You will like him.” »»
During the telephone conversation, The brilliant Helmer had wondered if the time of the project would align with the Breakup The star calendar because he had heard that he was aiming to run a film the following year. However, Turturro said he didn’t have the money to withdraw the photo.
“He said,” I wrote this part for you. I didn’t say to him, “Anyway, I will do”. But I was so excited. I spoke to him like a normal person, ” Batman explained the alum.
In the end, Turturro said that collaboration did not take place because it did not make the director know that he would make the project by all the necessary means. THE Do the right thing The actor alluded to the fact that Kubrick did not feel sufficiently excited by the role.
“The next day, I heard that I was unavailable, because I didn’t say to him:” Anyway. ” That’s it, and I didn’t know that at the time, and I just tried to be a regular [person]”, He concluded.” So I would have liked to work with him just because I am a big fan of him and that I would have survived to make long grips. »»
Turturro added that the role was for Nick Nightingale, the pianist, finally described by the film-filmaker who became an actor, whose character provides the entry of the critical password to Dr. Harford de Tom Cruise and faces a premature end to abandon the secret.
As mentioned, the now rented film had an arduous production of 400 days (currently holding the world record Guinness for the longest continuous shoot) because of the meticulous perfectionism of the filmmaker, several reshuffles and script changes. Kubrick died of a heart attack less than a week after showing his final cup in Warner Bros., the studio later bringing modifications to adapt to the planned exit R.
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Look at the full interview below:
