• Jeff bridges admits that Iron man 1 had no script
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[url]http://io9.com/5417310/jeff-bridges-admits-iron-man-movie-had-no-script[/url] [quote]Iron Man may have seemed as polished as fresh power-armor, but the movie actually had no screenplay at all, says Jeff Bridges. The chaos freaked him out, until he decided to think of it as a $200 million student film. In an interview with InContention, Bridges explained that the Marvel superhero movie rushed into production to make its release date, with the director and star making up scenes as they went along: [quote] "They had no script, man. They had an outline. We would show up for big scenes every day and we wouldn't know what we were going to say. We would have to go into our trailer and work on this scene and call up writers on the phone, 'You got any ideas?' Meanwhile the crew is tapping their foot on the stage waiting for us to come on." Bridges, director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. would literally act out sequences during primitive rehearsals, Downey taking on Bridges's role and vice versa, to find and essentially improvise their way to full scenes, the actor recounts. Bridges says that the entire production was probably saved by the improv prowess of the film's director and star. "You've got the suits from Marvel in the trailer with us saying, 'No, you wouldn't say that,'" Bridges continued. "You would think with a $200 million movie you'd have the shit together, but it was just the opposite. And the reason for that is because they get ahead of themselves. They have a release date before the script, ‘Oh, we'll have the script before that time,' and they don't have their shit together. "Jon dealt with it so well," Bridges continues. "It freaked me out. I was very anxious. I like to be prepared. I like to know my lines, man, that's my school. Very prepared. That was very irritating, and then I just made this adjustment. It happens in movies a lot where something's rubbing against your fur and it's not feeling right, but it's just the way it is. You can spend a lot of energy bitching about that or you can figure out how you're going to do it, how you're going to play this hand you've been dealt. What you can control is how you perceive things and your thinking about it. So I said, ‘Oh, what we're doing here, we're making a $200 million student film. We're all just fuckin' around! We're playin'. Oh, great!' That took all the pressure off. ‘Oh, just jam, man, just play.' And it turned out great!"[/quote] First off, that's amazing that he called them "suits." He really is The Dude. And second, this is just hilarious. I can't believe they let Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau just run with this stuff. But, thank goodness they did, because what came out was a pretty great action flick blended with biting humor. Still I can't imagine what it must have been for everyone else on set.[/quote] Iron man 1 was such a good movie though how does this make sense
The only thing that really put me off was that "The Dude" was playing a bald evil guy. :frown:
Jesus... Christ. On a wheelchair. It was an EPIC movie with no script?
[QUOTE=Sickle;18715574]Jesus... Christ. On a wheelchair. It was an EPIC movie with no script?[/QUOTE] yes
That really shows quite a lot about the abilities of everyone involved. Sure it shows you're organized if you can plan shit out and all that, but real brilliance comes out when you make it up on the go and it comes out as good as that.
:psyboom: HOW?!?
Wow, must've sucked for ILM. Talk about a tight schedule.
[QUOTE=Shogoll;18715587]That really shows quite a lot about the abilities of everyone involved. Sure it shows you're organized if you can plan shit out and all that, [B]but real brilliance comes out when you make it up on the go and it comes out as good as that.[/B][/QUOTE] I see you failed 7th grade.
I didn't think it was that good :smug:
[QUOTE=TH89;18715629]I didn't think it was that good :smug:[/QUOTE] I didn't think it was great, It was pretty cool though :P
:aaaaa: Wow, that's pretty crazy.
I read this as The Iron Giant. Glad it wasn't.
[QUOTE=he-did-it-->;18715751]I read this as The Iron Giant. Glad it wasn't.[/QUOTE] I Saw that so long ago I dont even remember if was good or not
[QUOTE=Cidem;18715794]I Saw that so long ago I dont even remember if was good or not[/QUOTE] :iia:
So THAT'S why that romance subplot had no conclusion.
Wow. I'm impressed.
Let's hope Iron Man 2 won't have a screenplay either then.
[QUOTE=Cidem;18715794]I Saw that so long ago I dont even remember if was good or not[/QUOTE] Incredible.
[QUOTE=Sickle;18715622]I see you failed 7th grade.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry, but the purpose of your post seems to have flown right over my head. Would you like to further explain whether that was meant to be an insult or a statement? Perhaps a little clarification is in order. :downs:
[QUOTE=he-did-it-->;18715751]I read this as The Iron Giant. Glad it wasn't.[/QUOTE] How? It clearly says Iron man.
[QUOTE=Sickle;18715574]Jesus... Christ. On a wheelchair. It was an EPIC movie with no script?[/QUOTE] Ironically, Epic movie (arguably) had no script. [img]http://barros.rusf.ru/films/posters/epic_movie_2007_poster.jpg[/img] But was shit.
[QUOTE=gmaster;18715945]Ironically, Epic movie (arguably) had no script. [img_thumb]http://barros.rusf.ru/films/posters/epic_movie_2007_poster.jpg[/img_thumb] But was shit.[/QUOTE] No, it was EPIC
[QUOTE=gmaster;18715945]Ironically, Epic movie (arguably) had no script. [img]http://barros.rusf.ru/films/posters/epic_movie_2007_poster.jpg[/img] But was shit.[/QUOTE] Case in point; when retards make a movie without any organization, you get a steaming pile of shit.
Lets hope the second one does...
[QUOTE=johanz;18715958]No, it was EPIC[/QUOTE] Yeah it was EPIC, EPICally shit. I'm surprised by this, Iron Man was a good film (borderline excellent for a superhero film). For it to have had no written scripts shows that the actors are great at improvisation. And why there was a fair amount of shit that didn't quite add up at times, and some slightly odd bits of humor.
i find this hard to believe [editline]02:06PM[/editline] no, i'm sorry, it's impossible. if they had no script they would have had to have improvised more than acting for the entire movie including lighting, sound, what shots they were doing etc. -- that takes forever to plan and you have to have a script to make the shot list and plan out for the entire movie. the planning takes so much longer than the actual filming. [editline]02:09PM[/editline] no studio is going to give someone $200 million to make a movie with no script [editline]02:12PM[/editline] how could they gather all the props and costumes for filming if they didn't know what they were going to do until the day of?
[QUOTE=markg06;18715926]How? It clearly says Iron man.[/QUOTE] I don't know. Also someone asked if The Iron Giant was good, it's considered one of the best animated kids films outside of Disney. It had a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes until a few shit reviewers marked it rotten for being "not as good as disney".
[QUOTE=Waals Vander;18716049]i find this hard to believe [editline]02:06PM[/editline] no, i'm sorry, it's impossible. if they had no script they would have had to have improvised more than acting for the entire movie including lighting, sound, what shots they were doing etc. -- that takes forever to plan and you have to have a script to make the shot list and plan out for the entire movie. the planning takes so much longer than the actual filming. [editline]02:09PM[/editline] no studio is going to give someone $200 million to make a movie with no script [editline]02:12PM[/editline] how could they gather all the props and costumes for filming if they didn't know what they were going to do until the day of?[/QUOTE] You appear to have misread. They had no script, but they had scene outlines, they knew roughly which characters would be doing what in each scene. They just didn't know exactly what the characters were going to say. They probably knew all the lighting and effects. They just had to get the vocal parts figured out. It still does seem fairly unlikely though. I can see your point there. I think he may be exaggerating it a fair amount.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;18716398]You appear to have misread. They had no script, but they had scene outlines, they knew roughly which characters would be doing what in each scene. They just didn't know exactly what the characters were going to say. They probably knew all the lighting and effects. They just had to get the vocal parts figured out. It still does seem fairly unlikely though. I can see your point there. I think he may be exaggerating it a fair amount.[/QUOTE] Yes, but shot lists and planning are mainly based on dialogue. It just doesn't make sense that they could have gotten everything together to do everything they had to in that movie without planning a long time in advance.
Didn't see that coming.
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