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26 May 2008 9:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Francis Ford Coppola has blasted reports alleging production on his new movie Tetro has been shut down.

Production on the film, which is set in Argentina, was rumoured to have been brought to a halt last week (ends23May08), after representatives of the Asociacion Argentina de Actores (Argentina Actors Association, Aaa) claimed union members in the movie had been working without a contract.

They went on to allege that Coppola's production company Zoetrope Argentina had been given opportunities to correct the contractual issues, which they claim have been a problem since shooting commenced in March.

Aaa spokesman Daniel Valenzuela tells the Hollywood Reporter: "At the moment, they are not filming because the contracts have (not) arrived to the union. On Tuesday, the union gave them 48 hours to present the documents and they didn't do that, so we took this action."

But Coppola's representative, Kathleen Talbert, has dismissed the claims, insisting there have been no delays in the film's production.

She says, "There are no holds on shooting, no problem with actors. In fact, the majority of the Argentine actors have already wrapped the shooting."

Coppola's semi-autobiographical screenplay follows the life of an artistic family in modern-day Argentina and stars actress Carmen Maura, Vincent Gallo and Maribel Verdu.

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3 April 2008 4:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem has pulled out of Francis Ford Coppola's new movie Tetro - only to be replaced by Spanish actress Carmen Maura.

The legendary director originally wrote the part for a male lead, but decided to re-write the character as female when Bardem was forced to withdraw from the project.

And Coppola insists he was glad he had the opportunity to give the character a sex-change.

He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "One of the important roles in the script is a mentor and teacher to Tetro (leading character played by Vincent Gallo), and I originally wrote it for a man.

"As I read and re-read (the script), I felt that the interaction between the two characters would be far more intriguing if they were of the opposite sex."

Maura has now joined the rest of the cast for the film's 11-week shoot, which began on 31 March in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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2 articles from 2008