Source: Slashfilm.com The director Peter Medak has had an interesting career. While he’s done mostly TV for the past few years, he made a mark early on with the unusual Peter O’Toole film The Ruling Class. Since then he’s made a bit of crap here and there, as well as a few other good, or at least interesting movies, like The Changeling, The Krays and Romeo is Bleeding. Now he’ll direct Stephen Dorff and Maria Bello in a thriller called Carjacked.
The Wrap says that the Michael and Sherry Compton script is about “a single mother (Bello) and her child who are carjacked by a thief (Dorff) who has no intention of letting them go.” That’s all we’ve got on this one so far, beyond the fact that Ron Perlman and Giovanni Ribisi had previously been linked to Dorff’s role, and that Saffron Burrows would have played the single mom opposite Perlman, had that version been made.
I found two interesting articles about the production of Somewhere and a Q&A with director Sofia Coppola. In the articles, both Sofia and Stephen reflect on working together, filming at the Chateau Marmont, bonding with Elle Fanning, smoking and music.
Sofia says, “I’ve always thought he was talented. I’ve known him a while and I wanted to see him doing something he hadn’t [yet] done – a side he hadn’t shown audiences. When I sent him the script, he said, “I get it. I totally can relate to this guy.” Stephen has a reputation for being out and about with girls, but he also has a little sister around Cleo’s age that he’s close with.”
Dorff reflects, “The emotions in Somewhere are real, but subtle. Sofia, being both open and precise, created a foundation where Elle and I could get to them. It had been a long time since I’d been on a set where there wasn’t a bunch of monitors being watched; Sofia would always be watching us.”
Stephen’s co-star Elle Fanning, “Stephen and I have a lot in common. He went to the same school that I go to. We both bite our nails. We’re both from Georgia, and we both like our food well-done – really crispy! We now have a father/daughter-type relationship outside of the movie.”
Read more: About the Production | Q&A with Sofia Coppola
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