Bruce Willis’ most underappreciated film? Simon digs into The Last Boy Scout, and then natters to Steve Oram about Crushed. The sale of Shane Black’s The Last Boy Scout screenplay for a then-eyewatering $1.75m (and that wasn’t even the highest bid!) set Hollywood alight. It also virtually guaranteed at the time that the film would ... Podcast | The Last Boy Scout (1991), the film nobody seemed to enjoy making, plus Steve Oram
Bruce Willis’ most underappreciated film? Simon digs into The Last Boy Scout, and then natters to Steve Oram about Crushed.
The sale of Shane Black’s The Last Boy Scout screenplay for a then-eyewatering $1.75m (and that wasn’t even the highest bid!) set Hollywood alight. It also virtually guaranteed at the time that the film would get made.
When it did? The reunion of Bruce Willis and Joel Silver seemed like a good idea after their Die Hard successes. Tony Scott as director? That should work. They’ll all get on like a house on fire, right? Er…
In the second part of this episode, writer, actor, director, comedian and Midlander Steve Oram joins Simon to chat about his role in the indie film Crushed, which is available on digital now. A bit of Sightseers sneaks in too.
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