Ahem, lets hope not, hey 
Been on actors side and writers side - both are made to feel like they are the least important part of the production. Directors, Iâve been told, are made to feel the same by producers. I think itâs in the funders best interests that everyone knows who is fitting the billâŚ
Weirdly, the most accurate depiction Iâve seen is the Supernatural episode âHollywood Babylonâ with the man from accounting giving a list of demands whilst everyone else tries to bite their tongues.
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Good to here it from the horses mouth as it were.
No offence, and for all I know you could well be a household name, but it was these kind of âstarsâ I was referring to:
The ones with their own personal driver; fashion designers plying them to wear their brands; holy rays of light (and toilet paper) pouring forth from their bankable backsidesâŚ
The rest of us - the writers, directors, actors and editors can all stand in line while the Exec has St. Peter check if our nameâs on the list. If it is we can shut up and take a cheap seat at the back:
âYeah, sure I love your script, itâs a masterpiece, but can you open a movie?â
âYeah, sure I loved the last movie you shot, but can you open a movie?â
âYeah, sure I loved that supporting part you played, made me cry, but can you open a movie?â
âYeah, sure I loved your last⌠Say, what do you do, again? Editor! Who the f**k let him in?â
âAh, now here we are, the STAR, I loved that popcorn flick you did last summer, donât worry about those nasty reviews, my 8 teenage daughters saw it 3 times. Yep, you can open a movie?â
The rest of you bow down and be grateful that youâve got a NAME attached who can open your movie, so itâs a green light!
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Does that mean no more Tom Ford as well?
Oh yeah. That guy. Todd from marketing (not actual name)
I remember there was a push a few years ago to remove âgood old star powerâ (an actual phrase by Todd) with the performance of Will Smith and Tom Cruise movies as âevidenceâ that those days were overâŚthen Robert Downey Jr and The Rock were able to make patently bad ideas into success stories. So now Todd is back insisting certain stars need an extra close up to âmake the scene popâ (the response was âoh, sure thing Todd, weâll stop filming till he gets here so we can get a close up for this scene heâs not inâŚhow long is a flight from LA to Heathrow?â)
Fortunately (with one exception) when I have met âstarsâ they tend not to buy what Todd is selling, remembering how they were treated just a few years before, when they werenât âthe hot new thing!â
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It probably provides no solace - but in Germany it´s absolutely the same. And we donât even have stars, only better known actors who are called stars.
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Not many businesses would survive such logic, but somehow show business thrives on it. Mad world!
Sorry to here that! Plenty of disfunction to go round, I guess.
Thereâs certainly nothing stopping the new costume designer from using Tom Ford pieces, especially if thatâs what DC wantsâŚ
I should point out the director was being sarcastic when he said thatâŚwhether or not Todd realised that is another questionâŚ
I think it´s high time that Craig should wear a safari jacket. That is exactly the kind of nod to previous films the audience is eating up.
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Anthony Sinclair actually came out with a modern one about a year ago!
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And what about the playsuit from Goldfinger?
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Have your morning Jamaica Blue Mountain 
Along with a Navy blazer ⌠I would much prefer to see these nods to history as opposed to another outing for the DB5
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Not sure if anyone but Connery could pull that look off
I should have added this to my posts: 
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Iâd like to see Craig in the Commander uniform, even if thatâs unlikely to happen.
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And it was the perfect response. But I can imagine the Todds Iâve encountered replying with either,
â11 hours - make it happen!â
Or, âDonât be obtuse!â, as if Iâm the one being outrageous.
Sadly Iâve never heard, âYeah, youâve got a point, that was pretty dumb of me. Thanks!â
Toddâs response was the âyouâre the unreasonable oneâ type, but he wasnât there till the end of production. Fortunately a relationship with this particular director was more important to the funder than one with Todd from marketing.
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