In einem Interview mit Steve "Capone" Prokopy von ain't it cool news hat Aronofsky nun erzählt, wie es dazu kam, dass der Boss für ihn und den Film und vor allem seinen Freund Mickey Rourke diesen Song erschuf. Dass Springsteen schon seit längerer Zeit hoffte, es würde sich für Rourke eine solche Chance auf ein Comeback ergeben und er ihn dabei auf alle Fälle voll unterstützen wollte.
Und wie Aronofsky nach einem Konzert alleine mit Bruce Springsteen in der Umkleidekabine der New York Giants stand, Springsteen sein Notizbuch herausholte und ihm den Song vorspielte.
Ich bin ein größerer Fan von Aronofsky als von Springsteen, aber die Vorstellung, dieses Lied persönlich in einer Umkleidekabine, frisch kreirt, vorgespielt zu bekommen haut mich um. Außerdem hab ich ne große Schwäche für diese Geschichten von jüngeren Künstlern, die auf einmal mit älteren Künstlerlegenden zusammen ...arbeiten, die sie früher selbst bewundert haben (ist ja auch so mit Aronofsky und Rourke).
Hier ein, wie ich finde, ziemlich bewegender und interessanter Auszug aus dem kleinen Plausch:
Capone: If it's alright with you, I'd like to spend our entire half hour together discussing the process of getting Bruce Springsteen to write a song for you.
Darren Aronofsky: [laughs] I'll tell you that story! To be frank, I can take absolutely no credit for that. I think while he was shooting HOMEBOY, Mickey met Bruce in the Stone Pony over drinks.
Capone: So we're talking late '80s…
DA: I think so, yeah, must of been. And Mickey was a big star, and they became friends. When we finished this film…well, we always had a nice poster of The Boss in "The Ram's" trailer [Rourke plays a wrestler named Randy "The Ram" Robinson]. I don't know if it's actually photographed, but it was clear that Bruce was a big influence on this character. We're in Jersey. The character is sort of a stock Bruce character in a way.
Capone: Well, there's that one shot of the boardwalk that I've seen dozens of times in TV pieces about Bruce.
DA: Yeah, yeah. Exactly. Mickey wrote him a letter and sent him the script, and Bruce wrote a letter back saying, "Nice to hear from you, Mick. I'm on tour in Europe, and I'll read the script, and if something hits me…" Then he wrote back that he loved the script, and that he had an idea. At this point, we're in post-production. So I got a phone call. And I knew he was going to call, but still, when you get the phone call, "Hey, it's Bruce Springsteen. I like the project, and I've got a few ideas. I'll put them down, and if you like them you can use them." Yeah right! [laughs]
So, the date that it was supposed to happen came and went, and then Bruce was coming back through New York and playing Giants Stadium, and Mickey's like, "Let's go to the show." So we go to the show, and we're standing in the front row. And I've never seen a Bruce show before.
Capone: Really?
DA: No. I grew up in Brooklyn in the '80s, so I definitely gravitated toward the hip-hop thing. Of course I knew Bruce Springsteen, but I wasn't a fanatic in any way. I wasn't that big a fan. I mean, I've always respected him because he seems unbelievably cool in his skin and aware of who he is. And then we went back stage after the show, and the next thing I know I'm standing in the Giants locker room with The Boss and Mickey. Mickey introduces us and then he says, "I know you've got business to talk over; I'm going to leave you." So suddenly I'm in the Giants locker room alone with Bruce Springsteen after just seeing him rock out 80,000 people. And I literally got stage fright for the first time in my life. [laughs] He grabbed his guitar and motioned for me to sit down. So I sat down, and I didn't know what to say. And slowly but surely my chin started going lower and lower toward my body. I was like, "Oh my God, I'm having stage fright in front of Bruce Springsteen."
Capone: So he played you the song?
DA: Yeah. So we just started talking, and he was a very, very cool guy. And he said, "Yeah, I wrote down a few things, and he pulled out a spiral notebook and played the song, and it was amazing, just amazing. Basically what I found out during that meeting was…well, he said, "I admit, I haven't seen your films, but I've heard about you and I know you're serious about what you do. I did this because I've been a fan of Mickey's for years, and I've been hoping Mickey would get an opportunity like this. And when I read the script, it just made sense, so I'm glad to help in any way I can." As I said, I take no credit for it. It was all because of The Boss's respect and love for his friend Mickey Rourke.
Capone: Has he now seen the film?
DA: He did. He's only seen it on DVD. After we put the song in, I sent it to him, and he called me up. I sent it to him with two slightly different ending, one where the song begins in the final shots of the film, and the one we went with where it begins as soon as the film is over and we've got to black. He said very nice things and really respected it. He called Mickey and made Mickey cry, so Mickey was happy that it all worked out. Mickey is very thankful and loves the song and won't stop playing it. If you hear the song, it's an amazing song because we wanted to incorporate it earlier in the film but he captured the whole spirit of the film and told the story of the film, so I felt that putting it earlier would be too much of a comment before I was ready to comment.
Ab 26. Februar ist der Film in den deutschen Kinos zu sehen.
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen