While Sofia Coppola continues to promote Priscillathe director confided New Yorker his regrets about seeing it his ambitious series project was cancelled. Coppola revealed that the producers of Apple TV+ – mostly men – they had abandoned their project halfway.
A series centered around a heroine
The custom of the country is the name of this series which we will not see for the moment. Inspired by Edith Wharton’s novel, the story was to follow the journey ofOndine Spragg, an early 20th century womanAnd century trying to stand out in Manhattan’s high society. This series had everything to succeed: in addition to Sofia Coppola’s name, we found that of Florence Pughcredited for the lead role.
However, it wasn’t Sofia Coppola’s first attempt at Apple TV+. As remembered Widescreentheir collaboration resulted in the film On the rocks with Bill Murray and Rashida Jones in 2020.
Working with Apple TV+ was “a real nightmare”
Coppola explained that this association had turned into a disaster, even calling it a “real proof”. “I thought they had infinite resources”, he confided about Apple TV+, specifying that his contacts in the Apple company were “for most kids ». According to the director, they withdrew from the project because“they didn’t understand Ondine’s character”. Sofia Coppola’s confidences are in tune with what the director explained Priscillahis film made with the paltry sum of 20 million dollars. For comparison, the Elvis by Baz Luhrmann had cost 85.
Regarding this broken collaboration, the director concluded: “It was like a relationship that you realize you should have ended a while ago. »
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