And because of scheduling, they couldn’t do it, and so then everyone in Hollywood threw their hat in and I didn’t, because I was terrified. I was heartbroken and wanted to kill myself. I wanted to do it, I begged to do it and they ended up going with the director of the play and the choreographer of the play they hired them. Question: Did they come to you and want you to direct and choreograph?Īdam Shankman: It didn’t go down like that. During the interview Adam tells many behind the scenes stories - he talks about how he originally got passed for the job, how he made them cast an unknown in the lead and made it incredibly hard to find So I always love it when the interviewee is honest about the filmmaking process. Of course you can’t call them out on their lies as you want to get invited to the next event they’ve doing… They’re sitting across from you telling a bunch of lies like this is the best movie they’ve been in, or how this sequel is the best yet. Sometimes when you participate in an interview you know that the person speaking is completely full of shit. The thing that’s great about the interview is just how honest he was. As I said in some of the other “Hairspray” interviews I’ve already run… I got to participate in roundtable interviews with almost everyone involved with the upcoming movie musical and I’ll be posting most of them on the site.ĭuring the interview Adam spoke about how he got the job, the casting process, how he’s loved the material for most of his life, and a ton of other stuff.
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