Terry Gilliam Refused Tom Cruise for ’12 Monkeys’ and Was Concerned by Bruce Willis’ ‘Rectal’ Mouth
Gilliam admits he thought Bruce Willis’ mouth looked too much like “somebody’s asshole.”
Gilliam admits he thought Bruce Willis’ mouth looked too much like “somebody’s asshole.”
The now-octogenarian’s one wish for a very happy pandemic birthday? A dose of psilocybin mushrooms.
In an interview as part of the Ventotene Film Festival, Gilliam said he had a cast and script ready to go just as the pandemic hit.
According to the director of “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” the white male voice is simply being silenced these days.
In a recent IndieWire interview, Gilliam said he prefers Scorsese’s human side over his spiritual side, and criticized the film’s de-aging technique.
Gilliam talks his long-suffering Cervantes epic, why he hated “Black Panther,” and how Marvel tells us “we all need to be superheroes to do anything worthwhile.”
DOC NYC: This sequel to 2002’s “Lost in La Mancha” is an insightful snapshot of Gilliam’s ongoing attempts to finish his beleaguered passion project.
“It was like a member of the family had died,” he said of Ledger’s death.
“They can’t afford lawyers, clearly,” the filmmaker joked.
Waititi will direct and co-write the pilot episode of the Gilliam-produced series.
Screen Media has picked up the North American rights to the filmmaker’s plagued passion project.
While promoting “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” which received a mixed reception at Cannes, the director elaborated on the divisive nature of his films.