Reitman: I had to fire an 8-year-old girl once on a Wal-Mart commercial. She was kind of a bad influence on the other kids.
Payne: I fired an actor, just once. This actor was being disobedient in rehearsal the week before shooting, and so the day before shooting we made this actor go away and I hired someone off a tape who was wonderful.
THR: How was he or she being disobedient?
Payne: Arguing with me. It was a young person arguing over the stupidest things. I’m not there to argue with people and I’m not there to be a psychiatrist or a father figure. I’m there to make a film, and I invite collaboration but not argument.
Reitman: I actually think psychiatrist is a bit of the job.
Thanks to THR for this, once again.
Best,
Dana
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