Filmen Being John Malkovich är fylld med unika plotidéer, den mest fängslande var portalen som upptäckts av Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) tar honom till skådespelaren John Malkovichs huvud.
Varför valde screenwriter Charlie Kaufman John Malkovich som den person som hade en portal till sin hjärna? Vidare inkluderades Malkovich i de tidiga diskussionerna som rör produktion av filmen? Skulle filmen ha hänt om Malkovich balked vid idén?
Charlie Kaufman förklarar det i en (video) intervju med Charlie Rose ( Hoppa till 21:00 ):
I don't know... I thought it was funny. It's hard to explain, but I thought it was funny, but not jokey. Because [John Malkovich] is a serious actor, he is a great actor, but there is something odd about him and there is something behind his eyes that you can't see. And I thought that was a good person for this.
And then I think his name is perfect for the title... when we trying to get the movie made... we didn't know if John was going to do it and Spike [Jonze] and I sort of tried to make a list of other possibilities and there are lots of good actors but nobodys name sounded good in the title... so... it was important for that reason.
Som förklarar John Malkovich i den här (video) intervjun strong> , trots att han gillade manuset från början frågade han Kaufman
if he would make that movie about someone else, that I would like to direct it and we would produce it.
Bara några år efter det blev filmen äntligen gjord.
Detta nämns också på IMDb-trivia-sidan :
John Malkovich was approached about this film several times and loved the script, but he and his production crew felt that another actor would fit the role better.
Malkovich offered to help produce the film, and aid Spike Jonze in any way, but refused to star in it.
Eventually after a couple of years Malkovich's will was worn down and he agreed to star in the film.
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