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Production Details
Dec. 26th, 2004 02:32 amscript:
MANDY
I’m sorry. I wish I could help you more. You seem like a nice guy. I just – don’t think I have what you’re looking for.
Arthur smiles, looking down.
ARTHUR
See ... I think you do actually.
MANDY
(a sly smile)
Oh yeah? And what makes you think so?
ARTHUR
Well that smile, for one thing.
Her smile stays.
MANDY
Well. Smiles lie.
ARTHUR
Exactly.
Christian Bale and Toni Collette work so well together here. Arthur manages to break through Mandy's defenses by basically calling her a liar but he does it so sweetly that she relents and reveals more.
One of the pleasures of reading Christine Vachon's book, Shooting to Kill is the respect and admiration she conveys about her actors. As a producer, she usually doesn't attend auditions, especially a whole day's taping of them, but that helps her to be able to give the director 'a fresh perspective'. I was present for the final auditions on Velvet Goldmine with Toni Collette and Christian Bale because Todd Haynes needed somebody to turn to afterwards and say, "Well, what do you think?" That was a happy case, because we both said, "Let's cast them" as soon as they walked out the door. The book also has some opinions from editor James Lyons, Toni and Christian played off each other wonderfully, so wonderfully in fact that our first cuts of their scenes together were much too long. We cut them back considerably.
I’m sorry. I wish I could help you more. You seem like a nice guy. I just – don’t think I have what you’re looking for.
Arthur smiles, looking down.
See ... I think you do actually.
Oh yeah? And what makes you think so?
Well that smile, for one thing.
Her smile stays.
Well. Smiles lie.
Exactly.
Christian Bale and Toni Collette work so well together here. Arthur manages to break through Mandy's defenses by basically calling her a liar but he does it so sweetly that she relents and reveals more.
One of the pleasures of reading Christine Vachon's book, Shooting to Kill is the respect and admiration she conveys about her actors. As a producer, she usually doesn't attend auditions, especially a whole day's taping of them, but that helps her to be able to give the director 'a fresh perspective'. I was present for the final auditions on Velvet Goldmine with Toni Collette and Christian Bale because Todd Haynes needed somebody to turn to afterwards and say, "Well, what do you think?" That was a happy case, because we both said, "Let's cast them" as soon as they walked out the door. The book also has some opinions from editor James Lyons, Toni and Christian played off each other wonderfully, so wonderfully in fact that our first cuts of their scenes together were much too long. We cut them back considerably.
