Re: MCKEE
Hear hear!
I LOVED the Swamp Ape in the original script.
And, strangely enough, I never heard anything about Robert McKee being the guy who forced its removal. And I heard a lot about the decision making behind all those changes to the third act.
In the article, McKee also claims he "chose" Brian Cox to play him in the movie. The way I heard it was that McKee recommended Brian Cox, who is a friend of his, but that Spike Jones made the actual decision to cast him. I was told that Jones didn't know Cox's work, but was impressed when he met him and looked over his previous work.
And as for McKee insisting on the addition of a "redemption scene" for the McKee character -- that scene was in the original script. It was part of the very structure of the story. For him to say that is just silly.
Now, I've got nothing against Robert McKee. I enjoyed the way he was portrayed in the movie, which wasn't really negative at all. His character has that great scene in which he yells at the Kaufman character about how if he can't find gripping drama in everyday life then he doesn't know anything about life.
But, reading those claims in the article made me think that, at best, McKee plays fast and loose with the truth and isn't shy about trying to make himself seem more important and involved than he is.
Hear hear!
I LOVED the Swamp Ape in the original script.
And, strangely enough, I never heard anything about Robert McKee being the guy who forced its removal. And I heard a lot about the decision making behind all those changes to the third act.
In the article, McKee also claims he "chose" Brian Cox to play him in the movie. The way I heard it was that McKee recommended Brian Cox, who is a friend of his, but that Spike Jones made the actual decision to cast him. I was told that Jones didn't know Cox's work, but was impressed when he met him and looked over his previous work.
And as for McKee insisting on the addition of a "redemption scene" for the McKee character -- that scene was in the original script. It was part of the very structure of the story. For him to say that is just silly.
Now, I've got nothing against Robert McKee. I enjoyed the way he was portrayed in the movie, which wasn't really negative at all. His character has that great scene in which he yells at the Kaufman character about how if he can't find gripping drama in everyday life then he doesn't know anything about life.
But, reading those claims in the article made me think that, at best, McKee plays fast and loose with the truth and isn't shy about trying to make himself seem more important and involved than he is.
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