Katie Holmes, Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Ted Danson are getting set to make Mad Money in Shreveport. They are teaming with director and co-screenwriter Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for writing Thelma Louise.
I interviewed them over the weekend.
. And below are a few comments that didn t make it into print.
Holmes looks forward to working with Khouri.
It s an added bonus when someone has created such a great movie in the past, Holmes said. I feel like someone who has created well the first time can create again and again and again like that.
Mad Money is a heist comedy and thriller.
It tells the story of three women who plot to steal soon-to-be-destroyed money from the Federal Reserve Bank.
I do think that Callie has a very dynamic personality, Keaton said. Had she not been the writer, surely she would have been the actress playing my part.
There s no question about it. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah.
She s a powerhouse.
Keaton added that it was the first time she s played a criminal mind, and she s looking forward to having fun with the movie. In a certain sense, that s what you really want to experience, because at my age life is, like, short, Keaton said.
Do you want to have a miserable time? No, I do not. I do want to have fun.
Queen Latifah and Holmes expressed excitement about working with Keaton.
She just seems spontaneous and energetic and funny and passionate about acting, Queen Latifah said. And I ve always enjoyed her movies.
Holmes said she s been a fan of Keaton s forever. You re amazing, Holmes said while sitting next to Keaton. We already started rehearsing and I ve already learned so much, seriously.
I am so looking forward to this. I am so excited.
You re so adorable, Keaton responded.
Khouri said a popular theme of hers is part of Mad Money.
I think one of the themes of my work keeps emerging, Khouri said, which is an average person finding themselves on the other side of the law through a set of extraordinary circumstances, and then just surprising the hell out of themselves.
I m born to play all of them, Khouri said earlier.
I get to be them all, without having actually to do the work.
Filming begins Monday.
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