Quote of the Day II

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I totally forgot that Paul Reubens was in Nailed too! God this just makes the sting of the film's loss even harsher. Plus it gives a little past to that video of Jake hanging out with Pee Wee from the other day. Anyway The Playlist chatted with Mr. Reubens about the film and he had some interesting things to say - he's always a good interview; I wish he got interviewed more often (or at least I caught his interviews more often) - including some big praise for what he saw from Jake and Jessica Biel in the leads, plus this fun bit:

While the shoot itself was marred by financing woes, the project also came on the heels of the infamous viral video of O. Russell losing his shit on the set of “I Heart Huckabees” and in particular, at actress Lily Tomlin. And Reubens says, he wasn’t spared the director’s wrath.

“When I got South Carolina where we shot the movie, I kept wondering, ‘Who’s seen that video of him screaming at everybody?’ And when I got there I felt like every single person that was connected to the movie had seen that video already. And by the way, my first day on the movie, he was screaming at me at the top his lungs. I couldn’t believe it. I was sitting there, and he was cursing and screaming on the first take,” Reubens says adding quickly that the heat from the director didn’t diminish his impression of him. “And I asked Lily Tomlin… after that movie, ‘So, I’ve done a movie now with him. What do you think?’ And she said, ‘I’d work with him again.’ I mean he’s brilliant. He’s a brilliant director, writer and he screamed at everybody and everybody would still love to work with him again so I don’t know what that says about us.”

As for why O. Russell lost his cool, Reubens isn’t quite sure. “I don’t think it was reality based [laughter]. I don’t why he screamed at me. I did my first line in the first rehearsal and he started screaming like, ‘What do I have to do to get the performance I want out of you!’ And I was like, ‘Not that.’ [laughter]’

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