“I told my colleagues, “Charlie’s gonna do this” and there was a lot of “Is he gonna really come?” [and] “Can we get insurance?” and there was another battle to have people believe that it was a real thing that would result in anything good. But I was very determined…financing is very difficult, particularly for something as unusual as my piece, particularly starring Charlie Sheen, given that you can’t bond him or insure him, so it was very challenging.” — Roman Coppola, whose new film, “A Glimpse Into the Mind of Charles Swan III,” starring Charlie Sheen, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman, received mixed reviews at its Rome Film Festival earlier this month. [Indiewire]
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