QUESTION: Should I ALWAYS write with a movie star in mind?
ANSWER: If you write your screenplay with a great part in it for a star, then you have a great chance that your screenplay will be sold. Because once a star says: I want to do this movie, the movie has a good chance that it will be financed.
There is ONE EXCEPTION: In the horror-genre there are no stars. The guy on the picture plays JASON, the star of the new FRIDAY THE 13TH. Nobody will ever recognize him, because he wears his ski mask...
DID YOU KNOW: The guy right on the picture next to Mr Screenplay is Derek Mears. He is a stuntman, who likes the FRIDAY THE 13TH-movies very much. When he heard of the remake, he auditioned for the JASON-part, although he doesn't have very much acting experience. But... he got the star part of the movie...
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