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Why Nic Cage Skipping a Line of Dialogue Was the Favorite Part of Making ‘The Retirement Plan’ for Director Tim Brown · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: For screenwriters, it's a dream to see an iconic actor
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  Speaker 2: bring your words to life on film, and for writers
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  Speaker 2: and directors it can be an even bigger moment on set.
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  Speaker 2: Filmmaker Tim Brown had a chance to experience that working
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  Speaker 2: with Nicholas Cage on their new action comedy Retirement Plan
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  Speaker 2: about an aging assassin. But Tim tells a Hollywood reporter
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  Speaker 2: his favorite moment with Nick actually came in a moment
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  Speaker 2: when Nick opted to skip Tim's carefully crafted dialogue. Tim
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  Speaker 2: says it came on the day where we were shooting
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  Speaker 2: a pivotal scene when his daughter, played by Ashley Green, says,
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  Speaker 2: are you some kind of assassin or something? I'd written
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  Speaker 2: a big line for that moment, but Nick turned to
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  Speaker 2: me and said, what if I didn't say anything and
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  Speaker 2: just looked at her and cheapishly laughed. It was something
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  Speaker 2: that only Nick can do, and to this day it's
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  Speaker 2: the highlight of the film for me because it shows
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  Speaker 2: how great he is at doing nothing except a little expression.
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  Speaker 2: The Retirement Plan is out now
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  Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.