Nicole Holofcener on ‘Self-Conscious’ James Gandolfini, ‘Sad Girl’ Jennifer Aniston and That First Season of ‘Sex and the City’: ‘I Didn’t Know If I Was Going to Be Working on Porn’
variety.comMarta Balaga Nicole Holofcener wouldn’t mind reuniting with her “Friends With Money” star Jennifer Aniston. “Maybe we will work together again,” she says. “She knew my movies.
She knew I don’t do a lot of makeup and that she would have to look like a ‘sad girl.’ And that time in her life was very sad, too: she just split up from Brad Pitt like a month before.
I think she wasn’t sure if she wanted to dive in or not, but she did, and she was a pleasure to work with.” Holofcener isn’t gunning to cast massive celebs in her films, however. “There was a time when I cast the wrong person to get financing and it was a disaster,” she recalls.
In 2015, she was supposed to direct “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” with Julianne Moore. Following Moore’s departure, the part went to Melissa McCarthy and the film was helmed by Marielle Heller.
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