SFX - debate over old school vs. new school
POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Thursday, November 22, 2007 13:53
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He sued Spielberg, NOT Zemekis. And he won as well, which lead to some new guidelines and regulations in the SAG.
That's not to say there wasn't any tension between the two. The main reason that Glover wasn't asked back for the sequels and was killed off in the second movie was because Glover was making outrageous demands in terms of star power. Basically, he wanted to be as prominent as Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Kinda the same reason Tommy Chong wasn't brought back for the MATRIX sequels. He pissed them off behind the scenes so much, they just said "Screw it."
Plus, even on the set of the first movie, Glover ticked off Zemekis on a technical level. Zemekis said that as an actor he had no concept of continuity between shots. Like they'd do an angle of him acting one way, and then do the reverse angle and Glover would be acting in a completely different way.
But I guess after about 20 years, they've managed to bury the hatchet, and since it's all digital, continuity wouldn't matter anymore. So I consider it a miracle of casting that an actor notorious for being unworkable (how he agreed to be in two CHARLIE'S ANGELS movies I will never know), ends up as Grendel in a $100 plus million dollar adaptation of BEOWULF.
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Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
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