![]() ![]() And we want to work together many more times. We’d talk about working with each other at the after party from one of these films that he was in New York for the premiere and it finally happened. “Oh I love your stuff! I love your stuff! Let’s work together.” Next year it was the same thing. So, four years in a row, I’d go to these premieres and I’d always meet Josh at the after party. For a period of four years, Josh would always come to New York for a premiere of a film: American Gangster, No Country for Old Men, Wall Street 2, and there’s another film. LEE: I can’t imagine anybody else playing that role. ![]() Why was Josh Brolin the right guy for the role of Joe Doucett? Josh and I had that mindset that we know Park Chan is great. Who knows how many people have sung The Star-Spangled Banner, but when Jimi Hendrix did it, Whitney Houston or Marvin Gaye… So that was our approach: to know that you have something that’s great, and then, in full respect of that source, just make it your own. Many people sang My Funny Valentine, but Miles Davis’ play is different. How long is that now? Sixteen minutes? My Favorite Things. John Coltrane did not play the same exact thing that Julie Andrews sang in The Sound of Music. Here’s the reason why you use reinterpretation instead of remake. I mean, I love Gus Van Sant (laughs), but why do that? Gus is a great filmmaker, but that’s just something I wouldn’t do. Make your own film.” And that was my thinking from the beginning. Park said, “I don’t think it’s a good idea if Josh is not going to do the film.” Park also told Josh that, “Look, you have my blessing. I don’t know about the specific details, but he did meet with Park because Josh wanted his blessing. But I did receive an email from him translated by an assistant, and he enjoyed the trailers and was looking forward to seeing the film. So, we were working through his assistant and we just couldn’t make it happen to meet each other. I’m also the Artistic Director of the School, and he showed Stoker the same night I was teaching. I’m a Professor at NYU at the Graduate Film School. I wanted to ask you about that, and also, he said he talked to director Park and got his blessing to do the film before he agreed to do it.ĭid you also talk to director Park about it in advance? That was his exact word, that he demanded it. SPIKE LEE: I wouldn’t use the word “demanded.” One, he said that he demanded to have the Spike Lee signature shot done on him in the film, the one with the dolly. He said two things I wanted to ask you about. QUESTION: I had a chance to talk to Josh Brolin a couple weeks ago. ![]()
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