David Fincher is well on his way to snagging a statuette at this year’s Academy Awards…assuming that his Win an Oscar Checklist looks something like this:
1) Make extremely dull film with two megastars
2) Physically assault studio exec who passed on said piece of trash
3) Go completely off the deep end!
That’s right, after actually smacking John Goldwyn a few nights ago, Fincher seems to have totally snapped after last night’s Q&A at Lincoln Center. While he was allegedly discussing “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Fincher managed to oscillate wildly between “total maniac” and “abject dick.” Some of the highlights include his confusing account of pitching the film: “That’s a phone book!” said the studio, to which he adroitly countered, “No, it’s the film we want to make!” Later, he dished on his canny use of the picture’s $150 million budget, claiming that the production made $3.5 million in mistakes (which, frankly, may be a conservative estimate). Fincher closed by making sure his fans felt appreciated by responding to an audience query on the possibility of a sequel to “Se7en” by quipping: ” I would be less interested in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes.” Classy, dude.