He will also appear in the film as Hughes himself.
Its just that I dont run around doing movies all the time.
I had my life before them and my life since them.
Credit: Francois Duhamel
Rather, Beattys film is a romance between two younger Tinseltown characters with Hughes looming ever-present in the background.
Hes new on the job and also comes from a religiously conservative background.
Needless to say, the idiosyncratic Hughes is not a man used to being defied.
Francois Duhamel
I had it in mind for a long time and then I didnt, he says.
Where is the story you want to tell about those people?
Beatty adds that time has only helped him clarify the story he wanted to tell.
Francois Duhamel
I have had the luxury of not having to rush to do these movies.
When pressed, Beatty says he would describeRules Dont Applyas a dramedy.
But then he takes it back.
Francois Duhamel
Maybe its a little bit more of a comedy.
It has some good laughs in it.
I was doing press forThe Mortal Instruments, she recalls.
He has to see you.
Collins continues, Hes known to have meetings that last for nine hours.
The actress was flattered by the summons.
But she told Beatty the films start date conflicted with her contractual obligation to appear in aMortal Instruments sequel.
At least, she thinks he did.
There was no audition, Collins, 27, says.
And I had to read the script in his library at his house and return it right away.
Beatty never came right out and told Collins that she had the part.
She had to ask him.
He assumed that shed figured it out.
By the time we got on set, it felt like wed been doing it forever already.
Collins says that working with Beatty was unlike any previous experience shes had in her admittedly brief career.
He will ask questions, he wants your opinion, she says.
He just wanted it to be the best picture it could be after all this time in the making.
Movie making has changed and he was navigating waves hes never had to navigate before.
But when youre as smart and creative as he is, it doesnt matter how times have changed.
Great storytelling hasnt changed.
As for Beatty, he doesnt seem completely convinced all that change is necessarily for the better.
Working with digital, I would say some things are easier, some things are harder, he says.
Well, I have been shaking off rust since 1960.
Rules Dont Applyarrives in theaters on Nov. 11.
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