ew.com - 4/23/2008
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(FROM HOLLYWOOD REPORTER) – James Caan has quit director David O. Russell's political comedy Nailed after a dispute that ended with the actor storming off the set. The flare-up reportedly started last week while Caan shot scenes of his character, a U.S. Speaker of the House, choking to death on a cookie. Russell told Caan to cough and choke, but Caan argued that a person can't both cough and ...
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I Told You To Cough And Choke, Dammit!
my new plaid pants —
... How terrifically silly is the official story circulating about why James Caan quite David O. Russell's movie Nailed? Via EW: ...
Caan Quits David O. Russell's 'Nailed'
Oh No They Didn't! —
... edit. Caan's publicist wouldn't confirm the story but did say that the actor left due to creative differences and that the split was amicable. The part will be recast. The I Heart Huckabees director is known for on-set freakouts, well documented in video clips that circulated the Internet last year showing him blowing up at Huckabees star Lily Tomlin. He also had differences with George Clooney, who starred in the Russell-directed Three Kings. source can one cough and choke to death? and go.... ...
Like Father, Like Son
World of Wonder Productions —
... James Caan, who walked off the set and out of David O Russell's Nailed after arguing over a scene in which the director wanted him to cough while choking to death on a cookie, which Caan insisted was implausible, has been replaced by James Brolin. A good choice. Brolin, you'll remember, was the Coen brothers' original and only choice to play Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men, but due to a mixup the casting director sent his son Josh Brolin to read instead, and the age difference forced the brothers to change the story's timeline to 1980. Incidentally, the ...
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