Quotes from RSL about the movie Driven.

[discofunction.livejournal.com]

I came across these while going through the archives of my old Tumblr. I made it ages ago whilst laughing with a friend about all the hilarious things RSL has said about making this movie! I thought I'd share them with you guys here:

• “I haven’t even seen it,” the 32-year-old thesp sheepishly admits to TV Guide Online. “I mean, I [finished] it and it was like I got out of the car [and] pretended it never happened. I walked away from the accident. I didn’t even call the police.”

• After a string of flops and direct-to-video releases (Ground Control, anyone?), Leonard felt Driven not for the paycheck, but for the exposure. “I wish it had been [for money],” he laughs. “I’d at least feel a little cleaner in my soul.

• "I picked a film that I thought a lot of people would see because racing’s huge and a part that I thought I’d be pretty good in and could have fun in,” he adds. “I get to yell at Estella Warren and Kip Pardue!”

• “But no, I really enjoyed playing that guy. And it was nice to be in a movie that came out [laughter]”

• “I’ll tell you a weird story. I went to L.A. to do the audition for Driven. My part was a sports agent who’s very glib. It was about three or four pages of dialogue. So I memorized it a couple of days before the audition, and I went in that day dressed like I imagined this guy would dress-in a slick suit. I walk in, and there are all these guys in baggy shorts with those macrame-and-bead necklaces on, poring over their scripts, trying to learn their lines. And I was wondering, ‘What have these people been doing for the past week?’ I must admit that it was one time when I wasn’t surprised that I got the part.”

• “It was the most calculated move I ever made. I called my agent and said, "I’ve done five movies in a row that didn’t come out.” I said, “I want something that gets distribution. I don’t give a shit what it is.”

• “Then it was released, and one person saw it. I still don’t know what happened. I can say categorically it did nothing for me.”

• “No one saw it. Including me.”

Comments

[scrivo35.livejournal.com]

I remember this film been filmed, because I used to be a big fan of F1 racing and I remember Sly Stallone hanging out with Eddie Jorden's team and talking to one of the commentators about the film he was filming. It sounded good and Sly really sold it to the commentator, I wonder what Sly would say about the film now LOL!!

[discofunction.livejournal.com]

I don't remember this one. Although my husband worked for a video shop when it came out and he remembers watching it, so it must have had a fairly big release!

I do have a very vague memory of us hiring 'Ground Control' from our local independent video shop and watching it as our 'Saturday night movie' back in the 90's. Long before I knew who RSL was! LOL!!!

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what this film is. I love RSL so much.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Having worked my way through vritually all his films, this was by no means terrible. I actually quite enjoyed it. But he's still hilarious *g*

[discofunction.livejournal.com]

Really?
I have seen all but one of RSL's movies (that random short- a dog race in Alaska which I'm guessing was never properly released!) and Driven is the only one I was not able to sit through until the end! Perhaps I am biased as I have absolutely no interested in motor racing in the slightest. I've watched all of RSL's scenes though! :D

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Eek! LOL. I'm not interested in motor racing either, but it was still pretty enjoyable (for me). I think A Painted House was the most painful, but I guess he did at least take his shirt off ;)

[sassyjumper.livejournal.com]

A Painted House was painfully boring -- cinematic broccoli -- and RSL has about one line. But yeah, shirtless-ness.

[discofunction.livejournal.com]

(Reply to sassyjumper and daasgrrl )

Oh... I actually quite like A Painted House. I mean, it's a little slow and boring but it's one of those movies that are quite nice to fall asleep to after a Roast Dinner on a Sunday afternoon...

And yeah... shirtless RSL!

[soophelia.livejournal.com]

For me the worst RSL film is Driven followed by A Safe Passage. I eventually fast-forwarded to the RSL scenes when I was halfway through the movie. I couldn't stand listening to the mom anymore sob about her missing son while ignoring her obviously troubled youngest son. I'm a monster, I know. Third is either a tie between A Painted House and Chelsea Walls—A Painted House is boring and RSL is barely in it, but the majority of the characters in Chelsea Walls annoyed me (especially the character played by Kris Kristofferson).

[sassyjumper.livejournal.com]

No one saw it. Including me.

:D I can sooo hear his voice saying this.

[soophelia.livejournal.com]

I love his quotes about this movie because they're so true! I bought the movie on dvd really cheap and I haven't watched it yet. I saw a little bit of the movie on tv late one night and I could only stand a small scene (about a minute) before I had to change the channel. At least RSL looks good in it.