Nepo Baby Sofia Coppola Says She Fights for Scraps in Hollywood

Oh, she had to work so hard and fight so long to get a fraction of the funding and studio backing that her male colleagues get. She struggles so hard!

I find this about as believable and sad as her pathetic performance in "The Godfather, Part III."

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by Anonymousreply 80January 6, 2024 8:50 PM

Listen Missy. I’ve got my own problems with directing

by Anonymousreply 2December 26, 2023 7:52 PM

Given her background she should probably keep her mouth shut but I don't doubt she has the same issues other female filmmakers face. Daddy's influence goes just so far. Plus I love her movies and think she's very talented and THANK GOD she was smart enough not to pursue acting.

by Anonymousreply 3December 26, 2023 8:18 PM

[quote] her pathetic performance in "The Godfather, Part III."

She substituted for Winona because Noni was getting or had just gotten an abortion and had complications from it, yes?

[quote] Given her background

R3, could you elaborate, please? I'm curious. Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 4December 26, 2023 8:21 PM

her background as a nepo baby, obviously - it's hard to take her complaints seriously when her father was a major filmmaker who opened billions of doors

by Anonymousreply 5December 26, 2023 8:27 PM

Her films don't generally perform well at the box-office, so she's not going to get big production budgets for films that are primarily critics' darlings. Her being a woman is only part of the story.

by Anonymousreply 6December 26, 2023 8:42 PM

It's not obvious. She could have done something really, really bad, or be hated in the industry for reasons OTHER than being a nepo baby, possibly connected to this hypothetical really, really bad thing, for example. Or she could be insufferable/a nightmare to work with, or she could be one of those people who grab the funding and then disappear with it and don't ever deliver the project, etc.

by Anonymousreply 7December 26, 2023 8:43 PM

We all fight for everything we get, one way or another.

by Anonymousreply 9December 27, 2023 1:09 AM

She looks good in the photo at OP. She's aging very nicely.

by Anonymousreply 10December 27, 2023 5:03 AM

I thought the same thing, r10. She was homely in her twenties, but she looks so elegant now.

by Anonymousreply 11December 27, 2023 5:04 AM

R11, I never thought she was homely. I like that she never had a nose job.

Looks kind of remind me of a younger Tatum O'Neal.

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by Anonymousreply 12December 27, 2023 5:09 AM

I like her films and seek them out. She’s talented in her own right.

by Anonymousreply 13December 27, 2023 6:19 AM

I think she had that bump in her beak removed. She’s clearly had the good fortune to hire doctors for whom restraint is not a struggle — this is how you age in Hollywood. Note that she has hooded eyes, I believe she’s had at minimum Botox & fillers, but maybe some ultra-conservative surgeries too (beak bump smoothing, possible beak narrowing, teensy removal of upper eyelid skin as she’s aged, possible jaw implant but more likely serious working her dentition which downplays her OG overbite). Whatever she’s done, she has worked hard to not fight that she’s aging at all, she just tries to look great *for her age*.

by Anonymousreply 14December 27, 2023 6:21 AM

She and Taraji should go on a speaking tour!

[But we'll keep most of the proceeds]

by Anonymousreply 15December 27, 2023 6:23 AM

As R6 says, the amount of money Sofia receives to make her films is proportionate to their anticipated box office. There’s likely a reasonably good return on investment, because she keeps putting out movies, but she’s never made a popcorn movie. (Lost in Translation may have come close.)

Sofia has been around for over two decades and has a following of fans who enjoy her movies. It’s understandable she doesn’t see her success through the lens of being a nepo baby when she has built her own name as a director. While that’s fair, Francis Ford Coppola’s are pretty big shoulders to stand on, and Sofia would have had to fight a lot harder for a place at the table if her father didn’t have the influence to pull up a chair.

by Anonymousreply 16December 27, 2023 7:02 AM

It's no use, some people never understand how hard it is to break into show business, never mind reach the level Sophia Coppola reached at a young age because he father is a celebrated and wealthy director. It's like talking to a wall.

by Anonymousreply 17December 27, 2023 7:20 AM

Sofia Coppola should shut the fuck up. The only reason she has a career is because of her father. Her films have almost always been money losers and at this point, if she didn't have her daddy's pedigree, she'd have been relegated to episodic television years ago. Go ask all the actually talented indie female filmmakers from the 80s and 90s who aren't nepo babies what they've been up to lately.

The only one who works regularly is Kelly Reichardt (and I don't find her talented, I think her movies are shit), but she either delivers them for an impossibly low budget (with actors who have name value, mostly Michelle Williams) or she has a super rich sugar daddy (or mama) who keeps handing her a couple million every two years to go play. If Sofia Coppola doesn't work as often, then it's because she's a lazy, spoiled cunt.

by Anonymousreply 19December 27, 2023 7:27 AM

What is her definition of “fighting” for work. Commuting from Malibu to some meetings?

by Anonymousreply 20December 27, 2023 7:41 AM

R14, you're right. She probably had some subtle plastic surgeries.

by Anonymousreply 21December 27, 2023 4:09 PM

She was gawky in her younger days but she's definitely blossomed. Always comes across as humble in interviews.

by Anonymousreply 22December 27, 2023 4:10 PM

She interviewed Lee Radziwill, here. She asked about Aristotle Onassis (who allegedly fucked both Jackie and Lee) and Lee said "nope." I.e., refused to talk about him.

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by Anonymousreply 23December 27, 2023 4:13 PM

If Sofia Neppola has a difficult time, just imagine how rough it is for other female directors.

by Anonymousreply 24December 27, 2023 4:24 PM

Didn’t Penny Marshall have a pretty solid directing career?

by Anonymousreply 26December 27, 2023 6:48 PM

Her brother Roman has directed two feature films in 22 years. She got more "scraps" than he did.

by Anonymousreply 27December 27, 2023 6:52 PM

There are too many women directors. Sofia should step aside to let younger women direct films.

by Anonymousreply 28December 27, 2023 6:55 PM

This has positively NOTHING do to with her gender. Her films are tedious; she's a terrible director.

by Anonymousreply 29December 27, 2023 7:21 PM

When are these rich Holywood fuckers stop complaining? Unless you're directing shit like Barbie, Hollywood is not longer giving money to SC's kind of filmmaker, men or women. She should consider herself lucky that she was able to do the ones she did.

by Anonymousreply 30December 27, 2023 7:56 PM

R29 That’s just, like, your opinion, man.

by Anonymousreply 31December 27, 2023 8:29 PM

The Virgin Suicides is a great film.

I'm disappointed she wasted a film by making one about plastic faced Priscilla Presley.

by Anonymousreply 32December 28, 2023 3:38 AM

I just watched Priscilla tonight. What a massive piece of shit. I'd love to know exactly what compelled Sofia to make this film, other than to try to cancel Elvis 46 years after his death for being controlling towards his wife. (If so- who cares?) The film had more montages than Pretty Woman and less dialogue than a porn film.

by Anonymousreply 34December 30, 2023 8:01 AM

[quote]She substituted for Winona because Noni was getting or had just gotten an abortion and had complications from it, yes?

I thought it was mono - would an abortion, even with complications, keep her out for long?

by Anonymousreply 35December 30, 2023 8:19 AM

I also heard heroin. That doesn't preclude one of Noni's abortions but she was more fucked up than a simple medical procedure would cause. It was drugs and dudes.

by Anonymousreply 37December 30, 2023 9:30 AM

I guess I can see her point; she probably looks at something like Saltburn & all the accolades EF gets & thinks "my bowel movements are more interesting that mess!" and probably feels cheated, but she exists in a very specific niche and while she's got some very good movies on her resume, her more recent efforts are...not so great. Rather than go for films, I wonder why she doesn't make something smaller, like a limited series for Netflix or Max. Hell, if they'll throw $$ at the Harkles, surely she can get some $$ for some boutique-type production, like making Custom of the Country.

by Anonymousreply 38December 30, 2023 10:41 AM

R19. Why do you care that much? Off the charts Cray. It’’s really a nothing topic. A bit of A Hollywood slosh.

by Anonymousreply 39December 30, 2023 11:36 AM

[quote]surely she can get some $$ for some boutique-type production, like making Custom of the Country.

From your mouth to God's ear.

Sofia is a very stylish woman and makes the most of what she has. Many more conventionally attractive actresses could learn from her.

by Anonymousreply 40December 30, 2023 12:12 PM

[quote] [R19]. Why do you care that much? Off the charts Cray. It’’s really a nothing topic. A bit of A Hollywood slosh.

Thanks, Teacake

by Anonymousreply 42December 30, 2023 5:33 PM

Winona would have been perfect in that part. Sofia's presence destroyed an otherwise great film.

by Anonymousreply 43December 30, 2023 9:43 PM

Physically, lookswise, yes, Winona would have been in Godfather III. Winona, IMO, however, is not a good actress. Beautiful woman? Yes.

by Anonymousreply 44December 30, 2023 9:48 PM

The only reason she turned to directing is because her acting was so bad.

It's total BS that she's some struggling director because of her gender. She has no originality- another film about Marie Antoinette? Like we needed that.

Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides are indie flukes. They got made because of her surname.

by Anonymousreply 45December 30, 2023 10:24 PM

I've always assumed that whatever was good in her films came from her father's suggestions.

by Anonymousreply 46December 30, 2023 10:33 PM

I finally saw Lost in Translation. It was OK, not super-meaningful, to me. She's good at picking music. It seemed like a trope. Poor old Bill Murray could have been Woody Allen in that role. In reality, a young Scarlett Johanssen would not have been spending any time with him.

by Anonymousreply 47December 30, 2023 10:33 PM

Wasn't Lost in Translation based on Harrison Ford irl?

by Anonymousreply 49December 30, 2023 10:36 PM

I always thought she was pretty. She's a crap film maker, though.

by Anonymousreply 50December 30, 2023 11:16 PM

She doesn't look much like either parent. It happens.

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by Anonymousreply 51December 30, 2023 11:50 PM

I know she's one of the OG nepo babies of the late-20th century, but Sofia made one of my favorite movies of all time (The Virgin Suicides), so I find it difficult to rag on her. I love most of the movies she's made if I'm being honest. Lost In Translation and Marie Antoinette are both excellent films too. I enjoyed Priscilla as well, though not as much as the others.

by Anonymousreply 52December 31, 2023 7:05 AM

She’s living day to day?

by Anonymousreply 53December 31, 2023 10:54 AM

She made two good movies, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and LOST IN TRANSLATION. And even they were pretentious.

by Anonymousreply 54December 31, 2023 12:07 PM

R44 But at the time of The Godfather III, Winona had this innocent persona that would have been perfect for the film, especially in terms of the character's fate. I saw the film early on and when Sofia got shot, the audience gasped, and that's considering no one cared for her. If Winona had played that scene, it would have killed me.

by Anonymousreply 55January 5, 2024 2:14 AM

[quote]I guess I can see her point; she probably looks at something like Saltburn & all the accolades EF gets & thinks "my bowel movements are more interesting that mess!"

Saltburn is a very good film. SC could only dream of writing and directing a film like that.

by Anonymousreply 56January 5, 2024 2:29 AM

[quote] Saltburn is a very good film. SC could only dream of writing and directing a film like that.

Uhh, no. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of Sofia Coppola, but she can direct circles around shitty Emerald Fennell, who is 0 for 2.

by Anonymousreply 57January 5, 2024 2:46 AM

She looks fabulous at the OP.

by Anonymousreply 58January 5, 2024 2:51 AM

Your opinion is worthless r57.

by Anonymousreply 59January 5, 2024 2:55 AM

[quote] Your opinion is worthless [R57].

Right, because yours carries so much weight.

by Anonymousreply 60January 5, 2024 3:04 AM

r60 put down the bottle and go to bed.

by Anonymousreply 61January 5, 2024 3:07 AM

God, you're so fucking clever. No wonder you love Emerald Fennell.

by Anonymousreply 62January 5, 2024 3:13 AM

Goodnight r62. Your gin and regret will keep you company.

by Anonymousreply 63January 5, 2024 3:17 AM

I’ve enjoyed a few of her movies like Marie Antoinette and The Bling Ring but overall I don’t get the love for her. I watched the original version of The Beguiled recently and it just made me realize how mediocre her version was. Don’t get the love for Priscilla either, the first half is decent but it falls apart in the second half and was style over substance.

by Anonymousreply 64January 5, 2024 5:36 AM

R64 I didn't care for her remake of The Beguiled. It's actually one of the few movies of hers that I don't like. Nicole Kidman was terribly miscast; Kirsten Dunst was the only good thing about it. I remember when it was first released, she was saying in press interviews that her rationale for making it was that she wanted to represent the women in the story—which frankly never made sense to me because A) they are fully embodied, whole characters in the original, and B) that was not really the point anyway. It seemed like a cheap answer she came up with to appeal to feminist clickbait critics. It was also not something that was really reflected in the finished product. I would've respected her more if she'd simply said she wanted to remake it because she felt like it.

by Anonymousreply 65January 5, 2024 7:51 AM

Why did she refuse to offer DL icon Pamelyn Ferdin a cameo in the remake??

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by Anonymousreply 66January 5, 2024 10:08 AM

Sofia always looks like she’s smelling something unpleasant.

by Anonymousreply 67January 5, 2024 6:11 PM

Winona Ryder is about as Italian as as a Swanson TV Dinner.

by Anonymousreply 69January 5, 2024 7:03 PM

Was she on Celebrity Jeopardy recently? She took it super seriously and still lost.

She acted like she was playing real Jeopardy for her soul. She lost to the red-haired lady who plays an elementary teacher on a sitcom about a Philadelphia grade school. That woman was funny and intelligent.

On the other hand, Sophia came off as a pseudo-intellectual with a stick up her ass, and she completely blew it on one of the easy questions early in the game.

by Anonymousreply 71January 5, 2024 8:08 PM

The original film of THE BEGUILED is very misogynistic. Plus Eastwood wasn't a good enough actor to really pull off the male lead; he could never manage to convey charm (real or fake) until much later in his career.

Not that Coppola's remake is good either, but Colin Farrell is an improvement in that department.

by Anonymousreply 73January 5, 2024 8:33 PM

R73 But at least the original version doesn’t whitewash the black characters like Sofia’s version did. She seems fixated on blonde white women. Why doesn’t she ever make a movie about an Italian girl?

by Anonymousreply 74January 6, 2024 2:06 AM

^^You know that many Italian girls are also blond white women, right?

by Anonymousreply 75January 6, 2024 2:42 AM

Her version of "scraps" is probably a lot different than most people's version of "scraps"...

by Anonymousreply 76January 6, 2024 2:50 AM

R75 Referring to the Italian girls who look like her.

by Anonymousreply 77January 6, 2024 3:38 AM

Maybe she could direct Ella Beatty, Margaret Qualley, Destry Spielberg, Maya Hawke, Mamie Gummer, Lily Collins in an all-female remake of 'Bringing Up Nepo Baby'?

by Anonymousreply 78January 6, 2024 9:46 AM

R74, there was a blind on AGC that said that Sofia was quoted as saying that she couldn't relate to black people, so why put them in her films?

by Anonymousreply 79January 6, 2024 5:39 PM

I would check that citing, R79. IF she did say it, then it was probably both misquoted and used out of context. There was a major flap about 20 years ago where white filmmakers were being yelled at for not having enough black characters in their films, and then screamed at even harder if they did, because black filmmakers accused them of appropriating black stories, and "who do you think you are, purporting to know how to write for Black characters?" It was very much "damned if you do," and was ridiculous. If she discussed it at all, I'm sure it came out of asking her opinion about that.

It's somewhat died down in the past five or so years because everyone is rushing to fill the diversity quota on both sides of the camera no matter what.

by Anonymousreply 80January 6, 2024 8:50 PM

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