In one of the most unlikely but welcome pieces of movie news, Paramount Pictures and MTV Films announced their intention to make a Les Grossman movie. The foul-mouthed movie producer played by Tom Cruise was one of the more memorable characters in Tropic Thunder.
The press release even quoted Grossman himself who said, “To quote my great friend Kirk Lazarus, ‘I don’t read the script, the script reads me.'”
“Les Grossman’s life story is an inspiring tale of the classic human struggle to achieve greatness against all odds,” said Stiller, Grossman’s “Tropic Thunder” co-star. “He has assured me he plans to, quote, ‘F—ing kill the sh– out of this movie and make ‘Citizen f—ing Kane’ look like a piece-of-crap home movie by the time we are done.’ I am honored to be working with him.”
“Everything I learned in this business, I’ve learned from Les,” added Paramount Film Group President Adam Goodman. “I started out as his assistant, and from the first day he threw his desk at me when I got his lunch order wrong, I have loved him like a father. I am forever grateful to Ben and Stuart Comfeld and their ability to secure his highly coveted life rights.”
Source: MTV {link no longer active}
