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Jared Leto has been known for chaotic and psychotic roles throughout his Hollywood career. From portraying the role of The Joker in the DCEU to climbing the Empire State Building, the actor has done some crazy things over the years.
Before the movie was completed, Steven Spielberg and Denzel Washington had set out to work on a film titledThe Little Things.The film, however, was too much gore for Spielberg to handle and the director had to opt out of the film!
The Film That Was Too Much For Steven Spielberg
Being a veteran director,Steven Spielberghas probably seen and directed it all. From violent war dramas such asSaving Private Ryanto films likeJaws,Spielberg was never deterred from a film. However, there was one script that the director did not wish to be a part of.
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While directing the 1993 movieSchindler’s List,Spielberg was already in an era of pain and suffering since that was one of the themes of the film. Denzel Washington and director John Lee Hancock came up with a script for a movie titledThe Little Things.Based on an investigation into several grisly murders in a town, the movie was along the lines of David Fincher’sSe7en.As per Hancock, Spielberg had to reject the movie because he didn’t want to go back to that zone again (viaCinemaBlend).
“Steven really liked A Perfect World, my script for it. And so before we ever went into production on A Perfect World, he came to me and said, ‘Let’s do a blind picture deal. … Let’s just do it at Warner Brothers. I wrote a long outline and then talked to him on the phone about it after he read it. And I think I faxed him the outline.”
John Lee Hancock further continued,
“He really liked it. He said, ‘This is really, really good storytelling. It’s just too dark for me right now. I’m finishing Schindler’s List. I can’t live in this dark world again.’ And I understood that completely.”
As a result, the film was not made as Hancock and Denzel Washington moved on to other projects. It wasn’t until 2021 when director Hancock picked up the script again and cast Jared Leto, Rami Malek, and Denzel Washington in the lead roles to create the 2021 film,The Little Things.
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Being a visionary director himself, Cameron has created magnum opuses likeTitanicand theAvatarfranchise. Creating new technology for the VFX and CGI, the director spoke at theDirectors Guild of Americaabout how Spielberg was the one he learned everything from!
“Steven is the master. He’s the sensei we all learn from, and he’s continuously reinventing himself so we can continuously learn from him.”
With several iconic movies to his name, Spielberg’s refused movieThe Little Thingswas eventually made in 2021. Starring Jared Leto, Rami Malek, and, Denzel Washington, the movie received an average rating of 6.3/10 on IMDB and a low of 45% on Rotten Tomatoes.The Little Thingsis available to stream on Max in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
