Tag: Phone Booth

  • Michael Bay Almost Ruined This Colin Farrell Movie

    Michael Bay Almost Ruined This Colin Farrell Movie

    Not a lot of movies can claim a three-decade development process, but long before Joel Schumacher took the reins of the 2003 single-location thriller Phone Booth, Alfred Hitchcock was trying to make it in the ’60s. When long-time screenwriter and B-movie director Larry Cohen pitched Hitchcock on the idea of a movie set completely in…

  • Colin Farrell Tried To Talk His Way Out Of Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges

    Colin Farrell Tried To Talk His Way Out Of Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges

    Colin Farrell has the Brad Pitt curse; he has the talent of a character actor but he’s too hot to be anything but a leading man. As such, Hollywood didn’t quite know what to do with him during his breakout in the 2000s.I’d point to two directors who best understand how to use Farrell. First,…