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Kasdan had trouble finding a buyer, because "no one believed that an ensemble film could be commercially successful. Hollywood always wanted you to have a protagonist, hopefully a white male who the audience could invest in, and possibly a sidekick or possibly a woman that he was involved with.
Lawrence Kasdan has often been called a "genre man" and his filmography shows he's worked in a variety of genres, from Westerns (Silverado and Wyatt Earp) to dramas (The Accidental Tourist and...
Jul 29, 2022 · In a conversation with CinemaBlend, The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan shared some key advice George Lucas gave him while working on these projects.
Writer and director Lawrence Kasdan was once a struggling filmmaker trying to sell his scripts in Hollywood.
Dec 13, 2015 · Ford’s legacy and iconic embodiment of Han is why Kasdan understands keenly how difficult it will be to find an actor to play a young Han. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (“21 Jump Street”) have seen thousands of actors as they try to fill those twentysomething shoes.
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Nov 18, 2015 · Kasdan: My initial engagement with it was kind of a surprise. I had just taken six months to write Raiders of the Lost Ark from scratch. I handed it in, and George said, “do you want to write ...
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Jul 29, 2022 · Kasdan says his reason for making the documentary was simple. "I wanted to know what the workshop's like behind the doors," he tells Looper. "How do they go about it?
