{"id":304613,"date":"2021-07-21T18:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/william-lustig-was-almost-the-true-romance-director-film\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T18:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:30:53","slug":"william-lustig-was-almost-the-true-romance-director-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/william-lustig-was-almost-the-true-romance-director-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#William Lustig Was Almost the True Romance Director \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a401c7b27607\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a401c7b27607\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/william-lustig-was-almost-the-true-romance-director-film\/#Enter_Tony_Scott\" >Enter Tony Scott<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#William Lustig Was Almost the True Romance Director \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-director.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-686004\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-director-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"true romance director\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-director-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-director-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-director-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-director.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the 1992 release of\u00a0<em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em>, <strong>Quentin Tarantino<\/strong> was fast on his way to becoming a big deal. And while his next directorial effort,\u00a0<em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>, wouldn\u2019t arrive until 1994, 1993 was also a big year for Tarantino \u2013 because that was the year of\u00a0<strong><em>True Romance<\/em><\/strong>. It was technically Tarantino\u2019s first screenplay, written before\u00a0<em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em>, and while he considered directing it himself, he eventually sold the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The script was then directed by the late, great <strong>Tony Scott<\/strong>, and the resulting film was flashy, nasty, violent, and pretty damn good. But the movie could\u2019ve turned out very differently. In a new interview, Tarantino reveals that before Tony Scott got involved, <strong>William Lustig<\/strong>, helmer of trashy cult gems like\u00a0<em>Maniac<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Maniac Cop<\/em>, came very close to directing\u00a0<em>True Romance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><em>True Romance<\/em> isn\u2019t\u00a0<em>technically<\/em> a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it has that distinct Tarantino vibe. Tarantino himself has called it one of his most autobiographical screenplays, and you can see the seeds of his future work planted within the frames. But the director of\u00a0<em>True Romance<\/em> was Tony Scott, a filmmaker I dearly miss. Scott did a great job with Tarantino\u2019s script, crafting a fast-paced saga of lovers on the run \u2013 but according to Tarantino himself, things could\u2019ve worked out a lot differently.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Deadline, Tarantino reveals that William Lustig, director of\u00a0<em>Maniac<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Maniac Cop<\/em>, and more, came very close to directing. \u201cHow I eventually got into the industry to some degree was, my friend Scott Spiegel was going to write something for the director, William Lustig, who did\u00a0<em>Maniac, Maniac Cop<\/em>. He wanted to bring me in to help him, and Lustig looked at me and said, \u2018Who is this fucking guy?\u2019 And so, he gave them my script for\u00a0<em>True Romance,<\/em>\u00a0just as an audition piece,\u201d Tarantino says. \u201cHe read it, and he really, really liked it and couldn\u2019t quite get it out of his head. He had a deal with Cinetel at the time, and so he showed it to the people there and bought it. They were going to make it, with William Lustig.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-672587\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-movie-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-movie-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-movie-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-movie-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/true-romance-movie.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enter_Tony_Scott\"><\/span><strong>Enter Tony Scott<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>William Lustig probably isn\u2019t as good a filmmaker as Tony Scott, but I\u2019d be lying if I said I didn\u2019t want to see Lustig direct a Tarantino script. They both share the same sort of trashy, B-movie mentality that would pair nicely. But in the end, I do think Scott was the right man for the job. As Tarantino tells, a friend of Scott\u2019s turned him onto the script. \u201cThe woman who was the head of development at Cinetel, Caitlin Knell \u2014 who really helped me out in getting started in my career \u2014 she was really good friends with Tony Scott because she used to be his assistant,\u201d he says. \u201cShe knew I was a big fan of his. So she invited me to the set of\u00a0<em>The Last Boy Scout,<\/em>\u00a0and I was able to watch filming for a little bit, and she took me to Tony\u2019s birthday party. I was in heaven. I was only just a year out of the video store. And apparently, I made such a nice impression on Tony that he was like, \u2018Who is this kid?\u2019 She said, \u2018The boy\u2019s a really good writer, I\u2019m working with him on this thing at Cinetel.\u2019 And he goes, \u2018Well, send me a couple of his scripts. Let me read them. He seems like a nice guy. I mean, he really likes\u00a0<em>me<\/em>, so he\u2019s obviously got good taste. Send me a couple of his scripts.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, Scott wanted to direct a different Tarantino script \u2013\u00a0<em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em>. But Tarantino wanted that for himself. \u201cShe sent him\u00a0<em>True Romance<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em>. He read them, and he called Cat in a month and goes, \u2018I want to make it. I want to make\u00a0<em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em>. Let\u2019s do it right now,&#8217;\u201d Tarantino says. \u201cShe was, \u2018Well, OK. That one he won\u2019t give you. That one he looks like he could make himself.\u2019 Tony says, \u2018OK, OK, I\u2019ll do the other one.\u2019 And then it became a situation where Cinetel was going to make it, but then Tony wanted to make it. I go, \u2018Well, get it away from Cinetel, or pay them off or whatever or make it for them.\u2019 He said, \u2018OK,\u2019 and that\u2019s how it happened.\u201d<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 -->The rest is cinema history. Scott also even improved on the script. Tarantino\u2019s original ending was much darker, with the main characters dying. \u201cI just fell in love with these two characters and didn\u2019t want to see them die. I wanted them together,\u201d Scott said in an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110816182357\/http:\/\/www.maxim.com\/amg\/movies\/articles\/56943\/trueromance15yearslater.html\">interview<\/a> back in 2008. Tarantino agreed, saying in the same interview: \u201cWhen I watched the movie, I real\u00adized that Tony was right. He always saw it as a fairy tale love story, and in that capacity it works magnif\u00adicently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                            <strong>Cool Posts From Around the Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- \/post -->\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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