In a 2013 interview, Paul Verhoeven explained his motives for doing the movie. He did not like Joe Eszterhas's initial script, and passed on the project in favor of doing "Crusade", based on a screenplay by Walon Green and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, that project fell through when Carolco Pictures could not afford to finance both "Crusade" and Cutthroat Island (1995). Since $10 million had already been spent on "Crusade", and Eszterhas already received $4 million for his Showgirls screenplay, Verhoeven felt morally obligated to do Showgirls as a personal favor to Mario Kassar to save Carolco from bankruptcy. Eszterhas' screenplay was extensively re-written with All About Eve (1950) as the main source of inspiration. Verhoeven intended it to be an over-the-top morality tale, populated with only amoral characters (except for the character of Molly (Gina Ravera), with Las Vegas as a metaphor for hypocrisy and extortion. However, the satirical intentions were not picked up by the critics, who regarded the movie as a simplistic portrayal of American culture, and the box office failure of both this movie and 'Cutthroat Island' made the bankruptcy of Carolco inevitable.
Independence Day: Resurgence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Producer and co-writer Dean Devlin said: "The most rewarding part of the project is being on set with these actors again and seeing that they are not just as good as they were then, they've gotten even better. When you're writing the script, you wonder, 'What's it going to be like twenty years later?' Then, our returnees work on this film, and they just light up the screen and our new team shines as well. It's the perfect mix."
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According to Movieweb, regarding Independence Day: Resurgence and [error], "It is said both sequels will tell a single story, and are being crafted much like Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990)."
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Director Roland Emmerich said in June that Will Smith won't be in the sequel. "Will Smith cannot come back because he's too expensive, but he'd also be too much of a marquee name," Emmerich told the New York Daily News. "It would be too much. We have maybe half of the people that you would know from the first film, and the other half people who are new."
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Debut major American/Hollywood studio film of French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Independence Day: Resurgence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Independence Day: Resurgence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Independence Day: Resurgence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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