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Paramount greenlight; refilmed Sutherland scene; banned-books ranking
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- Paramount's Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg did not like the project, but Barry Diller did, so it was made; this is compared with doubts at The Ringer about launching The Watch.
- Redford's version: Sutherland's big late scene felt too much, they reviewed it together, and Sutherland agreed to reshoot it.
- Sutherland's version: he felt humiliated watching dailies, told them he had overdone it, and Redford called three months later to redo it, standing in for Mary Tyler Moore.
- One host chooses to believe Sutherland because Redford is an unreliable narrator.
- Sutherland is likely self-regarding too, so the truth may never be known. — Sean Fennessey
- The book ranked 52nd among the most challenged books in schools and libraries, per the figure read on air, just ahead of American Psycho; it is likened to 13 Reasons Why for its depiction of suicidal ideation and depression.