Oliver Stone wrote Scarface and served as a consultant during the filming, but was eventually banned from the set after clashing with Brian De Palma. One major point of contention was the final shootout, which Stone, a Vietnam vet, felt was unrealistic. He explains:
"I think the ending was written realistically, that Tony had fucked over the cartel, and they came to get him at the mansion. I’d written it as four or five gunmen sneaking up on him on his property. And, of course, when I got on the set, it was like thirty or forty gunmen. It could have been fifty or sixty. It didn’t matter. It became a Hong Kong action movie at that point.
And I’m surprised — but, well, people loved it. And I don’t say Hong Kong idly, because after Scarface, Hong Kong action films started upping their numbers, shooting people much more readily and easily.
It changes the nature of the film. It was so outrageous at this point, and Brian just kept going and going, and for some reason it works. Why does it work to have, I don’t know, a hundred men go in there and shoot at Tony, all alone? I didn’t know. I didn’t see it back then. But that’s a Hong Kong action-film shootout before its time, right?”
Rick Ross Says Wemby Has a Lot More to Prove
"Wemby most definitely played a major role in them pulling it off without a doubt. He's exemplifying him really wanting a chip, him really wanting to be great, but once again, just like all ladders of success, he has a lot more to prove."
"Every room we step in, there's gonna be people in that same room that doubt you. Regardless of how many points you shoot, how many dunks you make. This is a competitive game, it's called life."
@HappyPunch@FallonTonight Easy fight , why not fight someone that is actually in his level? Oh the last time he did that, he got brought down by a liver shot
🚨 Ryan Garcia just announced he’s fighting Conor Benn on September 12th in Vegas
“He’s talking crazy. It’s personal. I’m really gonna put a whooping on this man.” 👀
(via @FallonTonight)
Vegas is becoming a price trap.
A pool menu shows $290 for a bucket of Coors Light.
$309 for High Noons.
$39 for a Bloody Mary.
No VIP table. No bottle service. Just a lounge chair by the water.
This is what unchecked corporate greed has done to Vegas.