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‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ Director Says Bradley Cooper Nearly Quit After Rewrite and Told Him: ‘I’m Out…That’s Not the Movie We Signed Up to Do’
'The Place Beyond the Pines' director Derek Cianfrance said Bradley Cooper almost dropped out of the production after receiving a rewritten script.
Derek Cianfrance, writer and director of “ The Place Beyond the Pines,” told IndieWire at the New Directors/New Films festival that Bradley Cooper almost bowed out of the production after receiving a rewritten script. Just before principle photography began, Cianfrance brought in screenwriter Darius Marder to rewrite “every word” of “The Place Beyond the Pines.” Cooper was not pleased with the changes to his character, a police officer who kills off a compassionate thief (Ryan Gosling) at the film’s halfway mark. “I remember giving Bradley Cooper the copy of ‘The Place Beyond the Pines,’ the new script, and getting a voice message from him saying, ‘Bro, I just want to let you know I read the new draft and I’m out.’”
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