(sam raimi) we were doing a rewrite 6 months before production.oel turned to me and said, "the studio wants us to cast somebody that we're not happy with. and they're not approving our choice, so we're not going to make the movie," i thought: that's fine. huh? okay, okay. but they were ready to close down the whole thing because it wasn't exactly how they'd envisioned it. they told me that and i went crazy. i said, "you have to make this movie. you have to make it. you can't not make this movie. the time is right for this movie, it's now, it's the right movie to make for this moment. you gotta make it." it does help to be able to put some teeth into your position by just saying, "it's take it or leave it and if it's leave it, then so be it and no hard feelings, but we'll do something else." that does help marginally, but it usually boils down to a question of whether or not you're going to be successful in that gambit is a question of how badly they want material. they can say, "i'll make a little movie instead," because they have that ability. i'