Martin McDonagh has total creative control over his films, resulting in a slew of Oscar nominations and a cinematic style all his own.
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Martin Scorsese says he nearly directed a ‘CLEOPATRA’ film starring Angelina Jolie before the infamous Sony hack derailed the project:
“Seth Rogen made fun of Kim Jong Un [in ‘The Interview’] and he got mad and he blew up everybody at Columbia. And then they ruined Cleopatra. We were going to do it, everything was ready on the script. Angelina Jolie was going to be Cleopatra VII. I'm so mad about it.”