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When Christopher Nolan initially approached Sir Michael Caine to play Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins (2005), Caine was actually highly skeptical. He joked to Nolan that he was far too old to play Batman and asked, “Do you want me to play the butler? What would my dialogues be?... ‘Would you like another beverage or more custard?’” To avoid playing a cliché, passive servant, Caine invented an incredibly thorough and specific military backstory for Alfred: Caine decided that Alfred was not a traditionally trained butler who went to service school. Instead, he imagined him as a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier who had been severely wounded in battle and could no longer fight on the front lines. Because this tough sergeant didn't want to return to civilian life, he took over managing the Sergeants' Mess. Caine explained, “So what that is is you have this very tough ex-S.A.S. guy who knows all about drinks and service and getting sandwiches and coffee, because he had to learn it for the sergeants mess.” In Caine’s backstory, Thomas Wayne visited the SAS headquarters in Herefordshire to see an officer friend. While in the mess, he met this fiercely disciplined, highly capable sergeant and hired him right there to be his personal keeper and protector. When Caine pitched this entire character outline to Christopher Nolan on set, the director absolutely loved it. Nolan looked at him and said, “Oh, I should have written it.” This exact backstory Michael Caine invented was so popular and rich that DC Comics later leaned heavily into Alfred's active military history, and it eventually became the primary foundation for the standalone prequel TV series Pennyworth on Epix.show more

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Thinky Crowvor 3 Monaten

Uh, no. Alfred having a military background LONG predates the Nolan films. They did that in the 90’s animated show, FFS. He wasn’t even just a soldier, he was a spy for British Intelligence.

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A Christian Resistancevor 3 Monaten

If I remember correctly, Alfred's military service was part of the backstory in The Untold Legend of Batman (1980).

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fear before the march of jamesvor 3 Monaten

lol read a fucking comic book. “Michael Caine made it up” lolol

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Michael Pounceyvor 3 Monaten

Love Michael Caine, and maybe he “invented” that backstory - same way my buddy invented the omelette in 1980. 😂

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Jarrod Schooleyvor 3 Monaten

@grok did the comics have a military background for Alfred prior to Michael Caine portraying Alfred or was Caine’s concept the first time this was introduced?

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Paul Burnettvor 3 Monaten

Also, Christian bale came up with the idea of Batman having a bat suit. He went to Nolan with the idea who said “ I loved it,Chris even drew little bat ears for the hat”

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Thorndyke 🎗️vor 3 Monaten

I hope Caine got creative acknowledgement for the Pennyworth TV series because that was actually rather good albeit a little outlandish..

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CaptivePlaguevor 3 Monaten

How do we get this post to get community notes? Alfred was ex-military long before the Nolan Trilogy. Heck, the 90's cartoon had an episode dedicated to it, "The Lion and the Unicorn"!

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Guyverjayvor 3 Monaten

Yeah except Caine didn't come up with jack shit and just showed his ignorance of the source material. Afred already had a backstory beyond jist being a butler. Imagine deciding to portray a character that had been around for 60 odd years and not bothering to research

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Nick Beevor 3 Monaten

I heard that Nolan convinced Caine to take the part by telling him that he’d basically be playing Batman’s father.

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Catman 🇺🇸 🦈51stvor 3 Monaten

The Dark Knight is the best of all Batman films, bar none.

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Buca De Bepovor 3 Monaten

Caine may think he came up with it, but the animated series had it and some comics too. But the animated series is so widely known, it is likely where most people have heard of it.

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MARK ELLIOTTvor 3 Monaten

Pennyworth started out really good but sadly turned stupid in the end.

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Mastervor 3 Monaten

michael caine made alfred truly unforgettable

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𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒆vor 3 Monaten

Michael Caine gave Alfred a whole new depth no wonder Nolan loved it.

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Cue Culturevor 3 Monaten

Alfred was the beating heart of the entire trilogy

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Toonsvor 3 Monaten

@Madilo97PiipaaX il a refait le background du personnage ,jusqu’à même Dc comics a repris son idées.

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Michael A. Schrinervor 3 Monaten

try US Navy Special Operations Captain, WWII, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. His post war butler/Major Domo had the day off..amongst the mail was a letter addressed to Major Denis Rake, RA, MC… two missions into France as a Special Operations Executive agent …captured & escaped.

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Mike Jonesvor 3 Monaten

Pretty sure Alfred already that that backstory from the cartoon ha little late to that one

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Un Betovor 3 Monaten

@Dorenma2

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apkpvor 3 Monaten

Wow! I thought Alfred had military background in the comics already. Sir Michael Caine is an absolute legend!

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Crow Scriptorvor 3 Monaten

Nolan did *what*? Do you seriously think Nolan and Caine came up with the idea for Batman and Alfred from scratch? Good grief, the ignorance. That existed in comics years and years beforehand—and it wasn't a military background; he was a British spy.

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AndrewBroeringvor 3 Monaten

I've been meaning to check out Pennyworth series.

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Lenin Verdezoto Pozovor 3 Monaten

He was the perfect butter hard to repeat

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Gerid Goudwinvor 3 Monaten

Yall just make shit up lol

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Atradesvor 3 Monaten

Michael Caine didn't just play Alfred. He reinvented him. 👏

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Kaivor 3 Monaten

Wasn''t Alfred always more than just a butler?

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dorevor 3 Monaten

'... an e's got a massive dong.'

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All Outta Bubblegum 🇺🇸vor 3 Monaten

The animated series already gave Alfred a backstory like that.

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Gyldermistvor 3 Monaten

il n'a rien invité... le passé d'Alfred était déjà bien établi dans les comics, vous raconté de la merde.

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SHAMSUvor 3 Monaten

Michael Caine really elevated Alfred with that backstory 💯

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Michael Marinovor 3 Monaten

Too bad Nolan is a chode

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ǝɯvor 3 Monaten

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The Sting

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Michael Caine explains the reasons why 'The Italian Job' (1969) was a flop in America: "'The Italian Job' (1969) was a fun picture aimed at kids of all ages. It was very well made and became popular in Britain and Europe when it was released, but it flopped in America. This may have been partly because the game involved at the centre of the plot was soccer — virtually unknown in America at the time — but I think the advertising campaign they dreamed up over there was really to blame. When I arrived in Los Angeles to promote the picture I was stunned to open a newspaper and see an image of a naked woman sitting on the lap of a gangster who was holding a machine gun. The genius who thought that up was sending such a wrong signal about this G-rated caper that I knew immediately that 'The Italian Job' was doomed, so I got on the next plane and came home to England. After months of hard work, sweat and tears, it can sometimes only take one small mistake like that to screw the whole thing up." ('What's it all about? Michael Caine An Autobiography', Michael Caine, 1992)

Michael Caine explains the reasons why 'The Italian Job' (1969) was a flop in America: "'The Italian Job' (1969) was a fun picture aimed at kids of all ages. It was very well made and became popular in Britain and Europe when it was released, but it flopped in America. This may have been partly because the game involved at the centre of the plot was soccer — virtually unknown in America at the time — but I think the advertising campaign they dreamed up over there was really to blame. When I arrived in Los Angeles to promote the picture I was stunned to open a newspaper and see an image of a naked woman sitting on the lap of a gangster who was holding a machine gun. The genius who thought that up was sending such a wrong signal about this G-rated caper that I knew immediately that 'The Italian Job' was doomed, so I got on the next plane and came home to England. After months of hard work, sweat and tears, it can sometimes only take one small mistake like that to screw the whole thing up." ('What's it all about? Michael Caine An Autobiography', Michael Caine, 1992)

DepressedBergman

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This young man was handwashing his car since there was no line here. He does it all the time. The cars we see are for the automatic car wash. Anyways he already paid once and got water in the bucket so he could hand wash, after he did that he was preparing to put more money in so he could rinse. An employee comes up and takes the money out of his hand and pushes him and tells him to leave. Claiming Hess making others wait yet we see nobody there waiting. Would you have left too? The cops came and heard him out but since the employee wanted him to never come back, he was asked to respect that. I used to do this all the time especially when traveling. Sometimes I like doing it in the winter because of all the salt and such, I don’t want it damaging my paint. One time I decided to do this at about 2 in the morning on the way to the gym. Obviously there was nobody there and there is usually an officer parked in the parking lot because there used to be reports of people parking back there in the dark sleeping and doing other stuff. I was in the middle of my hand wash when a homeless man literally climbed from behind the dumpster nearby and asked why I was being noisy. I told him I was only washing my car and I was allowed to as it was a 24 hr spot and h paid after all. He started being unreasonable and I flagged the officer behind me, it took him about 30 seconds to notice and he pulled up and I explained what was going on. He said he figured that’s what I was doing since he often saw me doing it before. He did tell the homeless man to leave, and he did without incident. I was able to finish rinsing and drying my car and I left. I don’t live in a bad area, so I don’t feel unsafe doing this, have you ever had an issue washing the car at night? Night time is so much better, quieter and less busy.

This young man was handwashing his car since there was no line here. He does it all the time. The cars we see are for the automatic car wash. Anyways he already paid once and got water in the bucket so he could hand wash, after he did that he was preparing to put more money in so he could rinse. An employee comes up and takes the money out of his hand and pushes him and tells him to leave. Claiming Hess making others wait yet we see nobody there waiting. Would you have left too? The cops came and heard him out but since the employee wanted him to never come back, he was asked to respect that. I used to do this all the time especially when traveling. Sometimes I like doing it in the winter because of all the salt and such, I don’t want it damaging my paint. One time I decided to do this at about 2 in the morning on the way to the gym. Obviously there was nobody there and there is usually an officer parked in the parking lot because there used to be reports of people parking back there in the dark sleeping and doing other stuff. I was in the middle of my hand wash when a homeless man literally climbed from behind the dumpster nearby and asked why I was being noisy. I told him I was only washing my car and I was allowed to as it was a 24 hr spot and h paid after all. He started being unreasonable and I flagged the officer behind me, it took him about 30 seconds to notice and he pulled up and I explained what was going on. He said he figured that’s what I was doing since he often saw me doing it before. He did tell the homeless man to leave, and he did without incident. I was able to finish rinsing and drying my car and I left. I don’t live in a bad area, so I don’t feel unsafe doing this, have you ever had an issue washing the car at night? Night time is so much better, quieter and less busy.

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

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This dad called 911 because his seven year old autistic son wasn’t behaving and was having a tantrum. The officer that spoke with him told the father that it was completely inappropriate to call the police over this. He said they have an entire town to protect and three officers responded and then asks the dad while chuckling - “can’t handle a seven year old?” The dad tells him that he has called 911 twice before but no one has ever got mad at him like this officer. The officer tells him that they are approaching charging him with false summoning a police officer. He also tells him that if he can’t handle a seven year then maybe they should get CYS involved because clearly the dad needs parenting classes. 😳 Many said the officer was rude and didn’t have to be. That his job is to protect and SERVE the community and that the family was just reaching out, that he needed support and someone to to talk to because they have no idea how hard it is to raise an autistic child? But others said this is not a job for a police officer, that they aren’t counselors and therapists and that there are many resources available through the city that he should using. 💯 I am team police officer. Some may find it rude but this is not in their job description. And being the third time? You have to put a stop to the 911 calls. What do you think? Do you think the officer had a right to be upset and talk the way he was talking to the dad being that this is the third time this has happened? Or, do you think he should have had more compassion for the father?

This dad called 911 because his seven year old autistic son wasn’t behaving and was having a tantrum. The officer that spoke with him told the father that it was completely inappropriate to call the police over this. He said they have an entire town to protect and three officers responded and then asks the dad while chuckling - “can’t handle a seven year old?” The dad tells him that he has called 911 twice before but no one has ever got mad at him like this officer. The officer tells him that they are approaching charging him with false summoning a police officer. He also tells him that if he can’t handle a seven year then maybe they should get CYS involved because clearly the dad needs parenting classes. 😳 Many said the officer was rude and didn’t have to be. That his job is to protect and SERVE the community and that the family was just reaching out, that he needed support and someone to to talk to because they have no idea how hard it is to raise an autistic child? But others said this is not a job for a police officer, that they aren’t counselors and therapists and that there are many resources available through the city that he should using. 💯 I am team police officer. Some may find it rude but this is not in their job description. And being the third time? You have to put a stop to the 911 calls. What do you think? Do you think the officer had a right to be upset and talk the way he was talking to the dad being that this is the third time this has happened? Or, do you think he should have had more compassion for the father?

👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈

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“Can you forgive me?” “That I can.” Michael Caine and Sean Connery are done for in John Huston’s “The Man who would be King” (1975). Based on Rudyard Kipling’s novella, both actors said it was their favourite film. They were fortunate to appear in it. Huston had planned to make the film since the 1950s, with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart in the roles of Danny and Peachy, but both actors died. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were then approached, but turned the film down. In the 1970s, Huston offered the parts to Robert Redford and Paul Newman, but Newman argued that British actors should be cast and it was he who recommended Connery and Caine. The role of Rudyard Kipling was played by the great Christopher Plummer.

“Can you forgive me?” “That I can.” Michael Caine and Sean Connery are done for in John Huston’s “The Man who would be King” (1975). Based on Rudyard Kipling’s novella, both actors said it was their favourite film. They were fortunate to appear in it. Huston had planned to make the film since the 1950s, with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart in the roles of Danny and Peachy, but both actors died. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were then approached, but turned the film down. In the 1970s, Huston offered the parts to Robert Redford and Paul Newman, but Newman argued that British actors should be cast and it was he who recommended Connery and Caine. The role of Rudyard Kipling was played by the great Christopher Plummer.

Petronella Wyatt

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Steve Witkoff just delivered one of the most eye-watering moments from the Oval Office. As President Trump signed an executive order to battle drug addiction, Witkoff shared the emotional story of what Trump did for him after his son Andrew passed away from addiction. It was clear how much this all meant to him. WITKOFF: “The President is doing the same thing to me now that he did to me in 2017.” “So I want to tell the story about this.” “I came to the opioid conference and the president did not know I was coming because I was invited by the First Lady.” “And he leaned over and saw me in the aisle, and he looked at me and he said, Steve. And then he realized why I was there, because I had lost my son Andrew.” “And the President was an incredible friend, when I lost him, I lived in his building at 502 Park Avenue. And I remember when him and the First Lady came and I talked about this all the time.” “And so he took my hand and he said to me, come on up to the stage and tell the world about your boy Andrew.” “And of course, that was, you know, something that was really meaningful to me. But I got through it, and I talk about it all the time. I talked about it on the campaign trail and so forth.” “He is a very special man, and he’s begun and led the fight against opioid addiction and alcoholism.” “And it’s just my blessing to work for you sir.”

Steve Witkoff just delivered one of the most eye-watering moments from the Oval Office. As President Trump signed an executive order to battle drug addiction, Witkoff shared the emotional story of what Trump did for him after his son Andrew passed away from addiction. It was clear how much this all meant to him. WITKOFF: “The President is doing the same thing to me now that he did to me in 2017.” “So I want to tell the story about this.” “I came to the opioid conference and the president did not know I was coming because I was invited by the First Lady.” “And he leaned over and saw me in the aisle, and he looked at me and he said, Steve. And then he realized why I was there, because I had lost my son Andrew.” “And the President was an incredible friend, when I lost him, I lived in his building at 502 Park Avenue. And I remember when him and the First Lady came and I talked about this all the time.” “And so he took my hand and he said to me, come on up to the stage and tell the world about your boy Andrew.” “And of course, that was, you know, something that was really meaningful to me. But I got through it, and I talk about it all the time. I talked about it on the campaign trail and so forth.” “He is a very special man, and he’s begun and led the fight against opioid addiction and alcoholism.” “And it’s just my blessing to work for you sir.”

Overton

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Whoa. Jim Breuer says that his old friend Dave Chapelle went to him in private and told him about how an elite group of people came to him and sat him down to "correct him" and that was right before he suddenly vanished and went to Africa. He says he no longer communicated with him say in the same way after he came back and wonders what really happened... Who visited him? I'd be curious to hear the names. "He came there and he was freaked out. He was visited. And when he told me who visited him. My heart stopped for a second. I'll never forget. He went, you believe me right? They came to me..He said the names.. I said what happened? And then all of a sudden he went to Africa... But I know for a fact that he was corrected. Hey, we need to have a conversation. When I saw him come back... It was a lot less communication. And maybe he just grows, whatever. Maybe I'm crazy for saying this. When I saw him completely come back I really questioned if that was him. I know that's crazy..." Jim Breuer Roseanne Barr

Whoa. Jim Breuer says that his old friend Dave Chapelle went to him in private and told him about how an elite group of people came to him and sat him down to "correct him" and that was right before he suddenly vanished and went to Africa. He says he no longer communicated with him say in the same way after he came back and wonders what really happened... Who visited him? I'd be curious to hear the names. "He came there and he was freaked out. He was visited. And when he told me who visited him. My heart stopped for a second. I'll never forget. He went, you believe me right? They came to me..He said the names.. I said what happened? And then all of a sudden he went to Africa... But I know for a fact that he was corrected. Hey, we need to have a conversation. When I saw him come back... It was a lot less communication. And maybe he just grows, whatever. Maybe I'm crazy for saying this. When I saw him completely come back I really questioned if that was him. I know that's crazy..." Jim Breuer Roseanne Barr

Green Lives Matter

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Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals he never even auditioned to play the Terminator “It was a total coincidence because I didn’t even try out for Terminator, I was trying to be Kyle Reese, and during the lunch when I met with James Cameron the director and the producer John Daily, I kept talking all the time about the Terminator” “I said to Cameron, whoever is playing it I just want you to be clear, he has to train himself to disassemble weapons and to put weapons together and to shoot and to load the weapons often blindfolded, totally blind, because a Terminator can never ever look down at his hand at what he’s doing because he’s a machine, he’s a robot” “When he walks he has to have a certain walk, when he scans and looks around he has to have a certain scan, it has to be absolutely clear at all times that this is a machine with no human behaviour” “This went on like this for an hour and James Cameron looked at me at the end of the lunch and he said so why don’t you play Terminator, you understand him so well, this is exactly what we need, and I said no no no Jim please, I’m an actor, I counted the amount of lines this guy says, it’s 27 lines, then Conan I had 128 lines, so I’m not gonna go backwards, you can give it to someone else, I want to talk a lot, I want to perform, I want to be the leading man” “He says I will make that guy the leading man, it’s called the Terminator, I will shoot it from below up, you will look heroic, and don’t worry about killing all those people because you’re a machine, no one is gonna blame Arnold, you’re a machine”

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals he never even auditioned to play the Terminator “It was a total coincidence because I didn’t even try out for Terminator, I was trying to be Kyle Reese, and during the lunch when I met with James Cameron the director and the producer John Daily, I kept talking all the time about the Terminator” “I said to Cameron, whoever is playing it I just want you to be clear, he has to train himself to disassemble weapons and to put weapons together and to shoot and to load the weapons often blindfolded, totally blind, because a Terminator can never ever look down at his hand at what he’s doing because he’s a machine, he’s a robot” “When he walks he has to have a certain walk, when he scans and looks around he has to have a certain scan, it has to be absolutely clear at all times that this is a machine with no human behaviour” “This went on like this for an hour and James Cameron looked at me at the end of the lunch and he said so why don’t you play Terminator, you understand him so well, this is exactly what we need, and I said no no no Jim please, I’m an actor, I counted the amount of lines this guy says, it’s 27 lines, then Conan I had 128 lines, so I’m not gonna go backwards, you can give it to someone else, I want to talk a lot, I want to perform, I want to be the leading man” “He says I will make that guy the leading man, it’s called the Terminator, I will shoot it from below up, you will look heroic, and don’t worry about killing all those people because you’re a machine, no one is gonna blame Arnold, you’re a machine”

Third

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Christopher Nolan says a 17-year-old Timothée Chalamet ignored his direction on Interstellar and was right Nolan: “But, I’ll give you an example. When you were filming the messages, from home, there was a particular thing that you were doing where you were hitting quite a dark tone in relation to Murph and Murph crashing the car, and it felt too much, and I didn’t really like it” “And I told you about it, and you just went ahead and did whatever the f*ck you wanted to do” “But I was like, ‘Okay, he knows what he wants to do. He has an idea.’ I followed you” Chalamet: “You remember that? That’s amazing. I thought you didn’t know my name, man. This is unbelievable” Nolan: “I might not have known it then, but I knew what you were doing” “I remember very clearly because I do remember realizing that it wasn’t about being stubborn. It was about you had planned what you wanted to do. You planned your choices and you didn’t want to abandon that on a casual whim to me”

Christopher Nolan says a 17-year-old Timothée Chalamet ignored his direction on Interstellar and was right Nolan: “But, I’ll give you an example. When you were filming the messages, from home, there was a particular thing that you were doing where you were hitting quite a dark tone in relation to Murph and Murph crashing the car, and it felt too much, and I didn’t really like it” “And I told you about it, and you just went ahead and did whatever the f*ck you wanted to do” “But I was like, ‘Okay, he knows what he wants to do. He has an idea.’ I followed you” Chalamet: “You remember that? That’s amazing. I thought you didn’t know my name, man. This is unbelievable” Nolan: “I might not have known it then, but I knew what you were doing” “I remember very clearly because I do remember realizing that it wasn’t about being stubborn. It was about you had planned what you wanted to do. You planned your choices and you didn’t want to abandon that on a casual whim to me”

Casper

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Brian Shaw explains why Phil Jackson had to coach Kobe differently during the first three Lakers Championships: "Phil had no problem cussing Shaq out or getting on Shaq, but he would never say anything to Kobe early on." "So I have German Shepherds and they are protection trained.. And my dog trainer always said to me the first six to eight months that you had his puppy don't ever tell it no because what we want to do is we want this dog to be so confident that he feels like he could do everything." "The discipline part can come later on, once his confidence is at a certain point." "So he gonna chew up your house dig up your yard or whatever. You just got to deal with it let your dog do what it feels like, he's the dude, he's the man." "When we had the team meeting and I remember asking Phil how come you don't never say nothing to Kobe, I mean you always say everything to Shaq, you don't say nothing to Kobe... and he said because for this team we always need Kobe to be in attack mode." "And then that immediately made me think about what my dog trainer said about my German Shepherd needs to be in attack mode, and it was exactly what our team needed." "Shaq came from a disciplinary his father was his stepfather was military. Yes sir, no sir, and whatever you asked him to do, told him to do. He was obedient." "Kobe was that German Shepherd puppy that nobody ever said no to... He had sisters, he was the only boy, father played in the NBA, and he was the The Golden Child..." "Phil nurtured that confidence in him, at the expense of the rest of us on the team, getting the brunt of him yelling and screaming and what have you. But not saying a whole lot to Kobe.." "But we needed that, he was always in attack mode." "You talk about Phil just knowing personalities and how to kind of Coach everybody differently... Phil Jackson was the only man for that job."

Brian Shaw explains why Phil Jackson had to coach Kobe differently during the first three Lakers Championships: "Phil had no problem cussing Shaq out or getting on Shaq, but he would never say anything to Kobe early on." "So I have German Shepherds and they are protection trained.. And my dog trainer always said to me the first six to eight months that you had his puppy don't ever tell it no because what we want to do is we want this dog to be so confident that he feels like he could do everything." "The discipline part can come later on, once his confidence is at a certain point." "So he gonna chew up your house dig up your yard or whatever. You just got to deal with it let your dog do what it feels like, he's the dude, he's the man." "When we had the team meeting and I remember asking Phil how come you don't never say nothing to Kobe, I mean you always say everything to Shaq, you don't say nothing to Kobe... and he said because for this team we always need Kobe to be in attack mode." "And then that immediately made me think about what my dog trainer said about my German Shepherd needs to be in attack mode, and it was exactly what our team needed." "Shaq came from a disciplinary his father was his stepfather was military. Yes sir, no sir, and whatever you asked him to do, told him to do. He was obedient." "Kobe was that German Shepherd puppy that nobody ever said no to... He had sisters, he was the only boy, father played in the NBA, and he was the The Golden Child..." "Phil nurtured that confidence in him, at the expense of the rest of us on the team, getting the brunt of him yelling and screaming and what have you. But not saying a whole lot to Kobe.." "But we needed that, he was always in attack mode." "You talk about Phil just knowing personalities and how to kind of Coach everybody differently... Phil Jackson was the only man for that job."

Josh Chambers

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