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Francis Ford Coppola isn’t shying away from controversy when it comes to his latest feature “Megalopolis.”

While “Megalopolis” has been critically divisive, the film was also plagued by allegations that Coppola was inappropriate to female extras on set, including kissing and hugging actresses against their will. Coppola has deemed the accusations “untrue.”

And that’s not even getting to the eclectic ensemble cast. While Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, and Nathalie Emmanuel lead the film, supporting stars Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, and Dustin Hoffman have made for some albeit interesting choices. Voight and co-star LaBeouf have infamously butted heads, but that’s not all: LaBeouf has been publicly accused of assaulting former partners, while Voight has drawn criticisms for his devout support of former President Donald Trump. Hoffman has allegedly assaulted co-stars as well.

Writer/director Coppola told Rolling Stone, however, that his casting choices were intentionally controversial.

“What I didn’t want to happen is that we’re deemed some woke Hollywood production that’s simply lecturing viewers,” Coppola said. “The cast features people who were canceled at one point or another. There were people who are archconservatives and others who are extremely politically progressive. But we were all working on one film together. That was interesting, I thought.”

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Christ he's insufferable. Casting abusers and assholes isn't edgy or interesting, it's just obnoxious. Then again, everything I've heard about this movie seems like Coppola was too busy sniffing his own farts to make something people might actually want to watch.

I just wish this dreck was a show instead of a film so the actors could get cancelled again.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 52 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I am so glad I was not crew on that movie.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 19 points 2 months ago

It does sound like the set was an unsafe workplace, especially if you were a young woman.

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 months ago

Happy cake day!

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you usually crew? I'm trying to move into crew work (from solo camera operator stuff), did a couple PA/gaffer gigs but aiming for DoP.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I used to be an Assistant Locations Manager. But I own a Local Game Shop now.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I love that canceled = people I don't like or that dont wanna deal with my bullshit. Some prima donna snowflake energy. Like an abusive relationship, "No one is as funny as me, why won't you like my shitty humor? It's gotta be you. You'll never find someone who is as great as me". Remember back in the good old days where I could be as toxic as I wanted and they just let you do it...but now everyone is so woke...

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like the idea of premadonna just being how we refer to a primadonna in any time before August 16th 1958, when Madonna was born

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Or any time before Jesus' mother was born.

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would still make it prima donna then, right?

[–] bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So are we not yet in Post Malone?

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Current Malone I believe

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The very same

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I find it funny how conservatives will say how they aren't woke but won't dare say the n word.

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

TIL not saying the n word is a progressive value

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's at least the same concept. Words can hurt. Don't use them to hurt people. Why do they seem to get that with the n-word but not other slurs or demeaning language? Do they actually understand that with the n-word, or are they just copying what everyone else does without actually thinking about why?

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think for the hateful/misinformed people, they get that you can't help being black, but they might think it's your fault for being LGBT. I think they also assume that if they're not putting those people down, they're saying that approve of that identity, lifestyle, or culture.

But I think it's also fair to point out that most anti-woke people don't use slurs at all.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But I think it’s also fair to point out that most anti-woke people don’t use slurs at all.

Hmmm, do you know a lot of antiwoke people or you just don't use slurs? That's a weird statement.

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yikes man, when did you go antiwoke? That's a weird space I don't get. I've never met an antiwoke person that wasn't really, really racist. I'm not around them long.

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've pretty much always been antiwoke. Treating everyone equally as well as accepting people for who they are, which are both antithetical to the progressive worldview, are core tenets of the Christian faith, and I've been a Christian for nearly as long as I can remember

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

Treating everyone equally as well as accepting people for who they are, which are both antithetical to the progressive worldview, are core tenets of the Christian faith, and I’ve been a Christian for nearly as long as I can remember

Not sure I understand what you're saying, I think you're implying that you're more Christian than anyone because you're antiwoke? Woke just means that you honor everyone's history. That seems pretty old school Christian to me. Ya know, the golden rule and all.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow I can't believe that these dudes are so cancelled that they're... still getting work?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

It must be rough for them - mouth some platitudes, keep their heads down for a couple of years while they are "working on themselves" and then carry on working as usual (hopefully bring less of a prick than last time but with no real consequences there are no guarantees).

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

TIL that Shia LeBeouf is an abuser. I'm wouldn't have known about it if it weren't for this movie. Good job Coppola, your movie is basically a roster of people to cancel. Them all starring in a flop movie together is just kinda funny when you think about it.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

I thought those were all just rumors. Did it actually go through court?

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

First I'm hearing about it but I've always hated that smug motherfucker. One time, like 20 years ago, he went on Conan's show on NBC and came out and like immediately just started trashing Conan's show for not having nicer chairs. Like, what the fuck. And it wasn't even done in a way that was funny, just very entitled. Conan played through it so well, though, but I hated him ever since. Glad he's catching shit for what he did.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I think he's always had a problem trying to break out of his childhood nerd acting personal and just wildly overdoes it.... Kind of like those guys who intentionally deepen their voice and walk with their arms out a little like their biceps are a little too big.... He's even mimiced that in movies before, but then unconsciously goes back to doing effectively the same thing unironically a few seconds later.

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

There were people who are archconservatives and others who are extremely politically progressive.

doubt

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

I just want to see what the film will be like now. If he wants to be different, hopefully at least he'll be different from the boring, bog-standard, predictable Hollywood script.

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Shame, the movie looked kind of interesting

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

why is everybody talking about this movie again all of a sudden? I cannot stress how much I don't care about his opinion on my opinion