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John Malkovich didn’t originally want to be subject of ‘Being John Malkovich’: “Why not ‘Being Tom Cruise'”?

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"To be honest, I never actually thought that it would get made" John Malkovich has revealed he didn’t originally want to be subject of 1999 classic Being John Malkovich.

Speaking to NME in a new interview, the actor revealed that when he was approached for the role and given Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay, he wanted to direct the film himself – and for the subject to be someone else.

Being John Malkovich takes place inside the mind of the actor, but Malkovich himself wasn’t always convinced that he wanted to be the focal point of the Spike Jonze film, which is now considered a cult classic.

Discussing the idea that Kaufman needed a protagonist with “a quality of unknowability,” Malkovich replied: “I don’t know what that means.

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