IAmSam director Jessie Nelson reflects on the making of the film, pointing out all the things she'd do differently in 2021 Details:
Even getting the movie made the way it was 20 years ago was never a given. Nelson recalls clashes with studio execs over the casting of both Penn as Beatles-loving single father Sam Dawson, and Fanning as his second-grade daughter, Lucy. In fact, Nelson says she was dropped from the film by one studio that wanted a bigger star for the lead, whereas she was more concerned with a performer who would give the proper characterization.
As it turns out, although she describes Penn’s work in the film as “undeniably beautiful” and has nothing but praise for him, Nelson says she wouldn’t even have cast him back then had she been able to carry out her ideal vision. “At that time, they would not allow me to hire a real disabled actor to play the role,” she shares about the studios. “They were afraid to put a budget of that size on the shoulders of an actor from that community.
Nelson feels a sense of relief and validation that the industry has not only become more accepting of
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