Gary Oldman as Cary Grant, J-Lo doing the tango … The photographs of Funny Bones director Peter Chelsom capture his actors in a different light
Jennifer Lopez is an extraordinary beauty and an extraordinary dancer. She and Richard Gere were on totally different continents during rehearsal for the late night tango scene in Shall We Dance. We sent one choreographer to Richard and one to Jennifer, to teach them the two separate halves of the same dance. When the moment came to finally bring them together the day before the scene was filmed, it was electric.On the set of Town & Country, I turned a corner and there was Warren Beatty.
I sometimes think the job of film director, especially with a romantic comedy, is to be the host to a very long-running cocktail party. It’s all about atmospherePart of the exhibition is called the Dream Role Project, where I invite people to create the dream role they never had or could ever hope to have. It has to be self-deprecating, ironic, tinged with absurdity, a twist. I asked Gary to be Cary Grant in North By Northwest.