Los Angeles Times Sunday by the pool

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on February 19th, 2007

If you’re going to read a newspaper (and actual, physical paper, not an online version) by a pool in Vegas, there’s none better than the Los Angeles Times. Among the many interesting entertainment-related pieces in Sunday’s LAT there’s a short interview with script rewrite specialist Billy Ray, whose second directorial effort “Breach” was released this weekend. When asked what it’s like to be a rewrite man, he responds:

By the time they bring you in as a rewriter, everyone around yo is in a state of panic. Because they’ve done draft after draft and they’ve spent a ton of money and they just want someone to come in and say, “Don’t worry, it’s all gong to be OK and there’s a way to fix this.” So you get to come in and be a hero. And that’s a great feeling. When you’re the first writer on the movie it’s like sticking your head in the mouth of a cannon.

We would link to it, but it’s only available online to subscribers.

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