Mel Gibson s'énerve (encore)
« Je déclare que la grande majorité des faits comme des déclarations qui me sont attribués dans cette lettre sont de pures inventions. »
« J'ai réagi plus violemment que je n'aurais dû (suite à la lecture du premier jet du script). Je t'ai rapidement envoyé des excuses écrites, en des termes colorés que tu trouve désormais offensants. Laisse-moi maintenant te présenter mes excuses à toi et ta famille de la plus sobre des manières. »
« Non seulement le script a été livré plus tard que tu ne t'y étais engagé, mais Warner Bros et moi-même avons été extraordinairement déçus par le texte. En 25 ans de développement de scénario je n'ai jamais vu de plus médiocre premier jet, ou une plus grande perte de temps. »
« Je pense que nous serons d'accord pour considérer cet échange comme le dernier. »
Voici l'intégralité de la missive, dans la langue de Mad Max.
« Joe,
I
have your letter. I am not going to respond to it line by line, but I
will say that the great majority of the facts as well as the
statements and actions attributed to me in your letter are utter
fabrications. I would have thought that a man of principle, as you
purport to be, would have withdrawn from the project regardless of
the money if you truly believed me to be the person you describe in
your letter. I guess you only had a problem with me after Warner
Brothers rejected your script.
I will acknowledge like most
creative people I am passionate and intense. I was very frustrated
that when you arrived at my home at the expense of both Warner
Brothers and myself you hadn’t written a single word of a script or
even an outline after 15 months of research, meetings, discussions
and the outpouring of my heartfelt vision for this story. I did react
more strongly than I should have. I promptly sent you a written
apology, the colorful words of which you apparently now find
offensive. Let me now clearly apologize to you and your family in the
simplest of terms.
Contrary to your assertion that I was only
developing Maccabees to burnish my tarnished reputation, I have been
working on this project for over 10 years and it was publicly
announced 8 years ago. I absolutely want to make this movie; it’s
just that neither Warner Brothers nor I want to make this movie based
on your script.
Honestly, Joe, not only was the script
delivered later than you promised, both Warner Brothers and I were
extraordinarily disappointed with the draft. In 25 years of script
development I have never seen a more substandard first draft or a
more significant waste of time. The decision not to proceed with you
was based on the quality of your script, not on any other factor.
I
think that we can agree that this should be our last
communication.
Mel »
Comme quoi, le retour de Gibson derrière la caméra ne sera peut-être pas pour tout de suite.