That would require too much effort
November 26, 2014 3:38 PM   Subscribe

Ridley Scott on his casting for Exodus: "I can't mount a film of this budget ... and say my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such."
posted by ChuckRamone (6 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: That sounds like a pretty shitty thing for Scott to say but short blurby "guy says shitty thing" writeup isn't really good post material for the front page of Metafilter. -- cortex



 
If a director of his stature cannot obtain funding regardless of casting, he doesn't need to be directing anymore.
posted by angeline at 3:40 PM on November 26, 2014


Well, that was an awfully stupid thing to say.
posted by mr_roboto at 3:40 PM on November 26, 2014 [2 favorites]


This is totally worth talking about but a thin Vox link isn't it.
posted by Kitteh at 3:41 PM on November 26, 2014 [1 favorite]


In his defence, he is speaking a practical truth about a terrible and far-reaching problem in the film industry.

On the other hand, there are ways of doing so without sounding like an asshat.
posted by 256 at 3:41 PM on November 26, 2014 [3 favorites]


ugh
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:44 PM on November 26, 2014


Previously (self-link).
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:45 PM on November 26, 2014


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