Director Danny Boyle Fought FOX over 'The Beach'

By Jack February 10, 2000 11:05 AM

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Director Danny Boyle admits that he fought with Fox execs over the Leonardo DiCaprio character in The Beach.?he told Entertainment Weekly that; "Fox would have liked us to continue the romantic adventure [at the beginning of the film].?They wanted Leonardo to stay with the girl and have it be a romance." According to Boyle, the studio wanted Leonardo's character to remain in the pretty/good boy category that all the 12 year old girls have grown to love.?Boyle said: "This was fascinating to me, but the worst thing they found was that he lies a few times in the film.?And that he lies not for the greater good, but to save his own skin.?They found that really, really difficult.?I said, 'Look, people lie, the president even lies,' and they said to us, 'But this is a movie.'"

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Torn Like An Old Sweater   reply

Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on February 10, 2000 11:05 PM

I can't decide on whether or not I want to see this movie. On one hand, it has Leonardo DiCraprio (who, I must admit, I liked up until his Titanic performance). On the other hand, it was directed by Danny Boyle, the director of one of my favorite movies, Trainspotting. If anyone goes to see this, post your review of the movie. I wanna know if it's gonna be worth it. 

-Acheron

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 11, 2000 8:57 AM

Well, I know that it's based on a best selling novel.. so that might be good. Then again, Hollywood always portrays the movies much differently than the book.