Chapter 188(2/2)
The prospects were not promising and he even yelled at the producer over some trivial matters on the set, "Go find Jack Nicholson, I don't want to shoot anymore." Finally, he was persuaded to come back. Later in the filming, Das
Dinh Hoffman and Tom Cruise even directly called their respective characters 'two idiots in a car'.
Obviously, judging from what Barry Levinson did in the later stages of the film, the director's mentality was also the same.
Feeling the still curious gazes of several people, Simon pointed out directly: "After all, this is a big production costing 25 million U.S. dollars, because Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman all think this project will be a box office success.
A disastrous failure, which in turn affects your reputation and status, so if it were you, what would you do?"
Amy Pascal, Robert Rem and Robert Egger looked at each other at the same time, similar thoughts flashed through their minds.
However, none of the three people spoke.
Obviously.
Shirking responsibility.
However, it is obviously better not to react too quickly to this kind of thing. Probably few bosses would like to see employees who like to shirk responsibility.
Simon looked at the expressions on the three people's faces and knew that they had understood.
Ever since Simon handed over a memorandum of his revised opinions on "Rain Man" to Barry Levinson a few days ago, rumors have been circulating in the industry that Barry Levinson accused Simon of excessive interference in the project.
Later, due to serious 'disagreement' with Simon on the creative direction of the film, Barry Levinson naturally allowed himself to be fired by Simon. Then, several of the creators who did not want to bear the bad reputation of making a box-office flop, of course decisively
He threw the blame on Simon.
Chapter completed!