The script remained my singular focus, but directing it myself wasn’t something I ever dreamed of. “There are moments in life where you need to follow your heart. “There was never a moment’s hesitation on my part, but it felt unreal, and I can remember my husband putting a finger across his neck to signal not to take the offer,” Stowe said. Stowe, who has never publicly spoken about her decision, said she can still remember the surreal moment of turning down all that money over the phone while staring in disbelief at her husband. She turned down what was among the highest sums offered a first-time scribe because there was no promise she would be anything more than screenwriter. Pattinson will play the son.įox offered Stowe $3 million, and later $5 million, for her script, with Ridley Scott poised to direct and Russell Crowe to star. She is rescued by a frontiersman, to be played by Jackman. She would have played a woman (now to be played by Weisz) whose husband is killed and her two children kidnapped by a Comanche war party in 1859. Humphrey, Stowe teamed with her husband, actor Brian Benben, to write “Unbound Captives” as a star vehicle for herself. Though Stowe’s a newcomer behind the camera, getting the job and landing that cast is a payoff for her risky decision to turn down millions of dollars for the script in 1993. They are eyeing a year-end production start. Gil Netter and Grant Hill will produce with Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment. Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson will star in the period drama “Unbound Captives,” with Madeleine Stowe making her directorial debut from a script she wrote. This script made quite a splash today because of the mind-blowing story behind it.
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