Woody Allen‘s Blue Jasmine is tearing up the box office in limited release, bringing in $2.3 million this weekend from only 229 theaters. Now he’s out in Paris with Colin Firth and Emma Stone filming his next picture (see set pictures here and here) while Rio de Janerio mayor Eduardo Paes has taken Allen’s comment about Brazil being a great place to tell a story and is offering to fully fun the film.
Speaking with O Globe (via The Playlist), Paes said, “I’ll pay 100% of the production. I’ll pay whatever it takes to get him to come film here… I so want him to come. I’ve already done all kinds of things. I talked to his sister, I sent him a message through [Spanish architect Santiago] Calatrava, who is his neighbor in New York.”
Of course, it isn’t confirmed Allen actually has a story to tell in Brazil, at least not yet, but this kind of enthusiasm may get the creative juices flowing.
Meanwhile, over at Flavorwire, Jason Bailey has gone ahead and cut together a video featuring the early, pre-fame performances of many actors in Woody Allen’s films. This includes the likes of Lewis Black, John Tuturro, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Goldblum, Sylvester Stallone, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Larry David and Henry Cavill, Debra Messing, Jennifer Garner, Sharon Stone, Sam Rockwell and more.
Check it out below.
