'Crazy Heart' Filmmaker Scott Cooper on the Movie Biz

As part of its advanced coverage of the 2010 Spirit awards, Indie Wire interviews “Crazy Heart” writer/director, and Spirit “Best First Feature” nominee, Scott Cooper. Some of the more interesting tidbits:

  • The biggest challenge was raising the financing. Actors were interested from the beginning, though it did take a while to attach Jeff Bridges, but because it’s an actor’s piece, there were no shortage of actors willing to take the risk. Character-based dramas are very difficult to get made.
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