The Backbeat bad boy has struggled in B-movie fare like Space Truckers but, like his character in Somewhere, he's getting a second chance
Stephen Dorff is recalling the time Oliver Stone tried to fob him off. Stone was casting World Trade Center, looking for an actor to play the cop who finds Nicolas Cage buried alive in the rubble. Dorff wanted the part, but Stone wouldn't give it to him. "He said, 'Stephen, I like you, you're a good actor, but you don't look like a cop. You're too cute.'" The actor was outraged. "Oliver," he countered, "what are you talking about, man? I look like this now cos I'm not playing the part! If you give me the part, I'm gonna look completely different, I'm gonna sound completely different. That's my job. Are you telling me that I can't do my job?"
Dorff's impassioned plea earned him a second audition.
Stephen Dorff is recalling the time Oliver Stone tried to fob him off. Stone was casting World Trade Center, looking for an actor to play the cop who finds Nicolas Cage buried alive in the rubble. Dorff wanted the part, but Stone wouldn't give it to him. "He said, 'Stephen, I like you, you're a good actor, but you don't look like a cop. You're too cute.'" The actor was outraged. "Oliver," he countered, "what are you talking about, man? I look like this now cos I'm not playing the part! If you give me the part, I'm gonna look completely different, I'm gonna sound completely different. That's my job. Are you telling me that I can't do my job?"
Dorff's impassioned plea earned him a second audition.
- 12/11/2010
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
Movie "moguls" are preparing to launch the Quantum Project (2000), the first movie made exclusively for the World Wide Web - but experts doubt it will be a success. The 36 minute film, which cost over $3 million to make, stars Stephen Dorff, Fay Masterson and John Cleese in the tale of a scientist's search for love. But, while production company SIGHTSOUND believe teenagers will rush to download the movie from the Internet, computer analysts are doubting the film will be a success. Computer analyst for JUPITER COMMUNICATIONS, David Card says, "There are two issues here that will make the project fail. One is the download issue, most people don't have the correct equipment to download a film like this. The other point is I just don't believe that people will want to watch a movie on a computer."...
- 5/5/2000
- WENN
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