American Gangster (2007) and Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)
Film Stories with Simon Brew - Een podcast door Simon Brew - Maandagen
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It's not uncommon for films to get through a director or two on their way to the screen. In this episode, that's certainly the case. American Gangster might have ended up on the slate of Ridley Scott, but he was the third or fourth name involved. At one stage, Universal was said to have spent $30m on the film in fact, with no hope of getting a single frame of footage shot. Shooting footage wasn't a problem with the low budget Piranha II: The Spawning, nominally the directorial debut of James Cameron. But Cameron was ejected from the film a week or two into shooting - even if the story goes he managed to sneak into the edit suite... Stories of both are told in this episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
