Caan's cookie monster antics disrupt film shoot

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Caan's cookie monster antics disrupt film shoot
Staff and agencies
Wednesday April 23, 2008
guardian.co.uk

James Caan has reportedly quit the set of David O Russell's new film following an argument about how best to choke on a cookie.

Nailed is a political comedy about a woman who travels to Washington to fight for better healthcare after she gets a nail lodged in her head. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessical Biel, James Marsden and Catherine Keener.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the veteran Godfather actor was hired to play the US speaker of the House of Representatives, and had only just started on the first of his two days of shooting. The script called for Caan's character to choke to death on a biscuit. But when directed by Russell to cough as he choked, Caan reportedly refused, arguing that it was impossible to cough and simultaneously choke to death. Despite Russell's suggestion that they shoot the scene both ways, Caan apparently walked off the set.

Caan's publicist has insisted that the departure was amicable, while producer Douglas Wick has already stepped in to defend Russell's behaviour on the set, which only began on April 15, as thoroughly professional. However, film fans will remember Russell's turbulent track record. He and George Clooney reportedly had an altercation on Three Kings and YouTube records for posterity the name-calling that occurred between him and Lily Tomlin during the filming of I Heart Huckabees.

[The Postmaster General]

Given that the antics involved David Russell, I have a hard to believing Caan was the instigator.

[RustyRazor]

Cookie monster antics.
I was thinking he was holding up the movie because he was busy explaining that the letter C is found in:

COOKIE

but it's also found in:

CAAN

And then he just scarfed down an entire plate of cookies.
I'd watch Extra to see something like that.

I miss Sesame Street.
C is for cookie and damnit, that's good enough for me.

[BakeTheMooCow]

Hah! They both seem like two of the bigger douchebags in Hollywood. They deserve each other's company.

[The Postmaster General]

No, not Mr. Henry.

[ilovemovies]

Did I miss something? What has Caan done that makes him seem like a douchebag? Seriously, I've never heard any stories of him. Although maybe it's because of his tough guy image/persona but I can actually see him lose his temper.

[The Postmaster General]

And Caan is 100% correct that you can't cough when you are choking to death.

[Scarface98.9]

And Caan is 100% correct that you can't cough when you are choking to death.

Yeah, I was about to say. I don't see it being a good idea to walk off set but Russel's never been known as an actor's dream

[echo_bravo]

David O Russell is such a turd.
I cant believe that dipshit made such an awesome film like Three Kings.

It would be tight to see Caan smack Russell around in the streets via Godfather style or he could just send out his son to beat the shit out of him. I wouldnt fuck with Scott Caan. That guy is jacked!

[the clever guy]

And Caan is 100% correct that you can't cough when you are choking to death.

what a fucking idiot. not you bubba, i'm directing this directly at russell.

[Tweek]

And then he just scarfed down an entire plate of cookies.
I'd watch Extra to see something like that.

I miss Sesame Street.
C is for cookie and damnit, that's good enough for me.

Coming up next... James Caan has an eating disorder. We'll have the disturbing video you'll only see on Extra!

I can see that happening. And yeah, those days we'd watch Sesame Street were so sweet. But things changed. The characters changed. :(


And Caan is 100% correct that you can't cough when you are choking to death.

Yeah... You sure can't.

[The Postmaster General]

I think it would just be cool if Caan told Russell that he needed to met with him off-set. Then Russell goes, but no one is there. Then he goes back to his movie set, and finds he's been ransacked and cleaned out.

[the clever guy]

I think it would just be cool if Caan told Russell that he needed to met with him off-set. Then Russell goes, but no one is there. Then he goes back to his movie set, and finds he's been ransacked and cleaned out.

even better, caan comes from behind him and shoves a biscuit in his (russell's) mouth, surprising russell, causing him to choke on it. then caan will look upon him and say: "see! you can't fucking cough when you're choking you stupid biscuit loving fuckstain! hahahahahahaha!" and then caan just walks away into the sunset.....

[The Postmaster General]

LOL. I like Caan, man.