I’m sorry in advance for the tabloidism, but this just sounds too good. Apparently, James Caan, the ‘Las Vegas’ boss, quit the new David O Russell movie. The reason? They disagreed about how to choke on a cookie.
Caan reportedly refused to cough while choking, because he think you are unable to do that when you are choking. When Russell wanted to shoot both versions, the story goes, Caan walked off.
Is this the art of cinema, fighting about how to choke on a cookie? Or is it just stupid — and quite funny? Since this article already turned into a Britney Spears write up, here’s a behind the scenes at the set of ‘I Heart Huckabees,’ also a movie by David O Russell — skip to the half for the good part.
