I remember reading an article that made me want to kill myself about the development of X-Men. Supposedly Singer was chatting up a P.A. on the ride to the set, and he needed a new scene. He casually asked the P.A. (who supposedly had never written anything in his life) if he'd write the scene for him - basically giving him free reign to write whatever he wanted. The P.A. first thought he was joking, but the next day came and Singer asked again.
He wrote the scene, X-Men became a hit, and the P.A. all of a sudden found himself as a working writer.
Does anybody know what this writer's name was and do you have any scripts by him? I'd be very interested to read what a P.A. who's never written a script before writes like. I'm also very curious why a director as good as Singer would ask someone whose writing he'd never seen before to write him a scene on what was, up until that point, the most expensive movie he had worked on by far - especially since he was having to deal with all that studio pressure and chaos that occurred during the production of that film.
Of course, this being Hollywood, I have a feeling that some key details of the story were left out to make it better. Like that he co-wrote The DaVinci Code or something. I hope so, as that would make me feel a little better (not much, but a little)
He wrote the scene, X-Men became a hit, and the P.A. all of a sudden found himself as a working writer.
Does anybody know what this writer's name was and do you have any scripts by him? I'd be very interested to read what a P.A. who's never written a script before writes like. I'm also very curious why a director as good as Singer would ask someone whose writing he'd never seen before to write him a scene on what was, up until that point, the most expensive movie he had worked on by far - especially since he was having to deal with all that studio pressure and chaos that occurred during the production of that film.
Of course, this being Hollywood, I have a feeling that some key details of the story were left out to make it better. Like that he co-wrote The DaVinci Code or something. I hope so, as that would make me feel a little better (not much, but a little)
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