Rob Marshall
Rob Marshall
Rob Marshallis an American theater director, film director and choreographer. His most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Chicago, for which he won a Directors Guild of America Award, as well as Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Director. A five-time Tony Award nominee, he also won a Primetime Emmy Award for his choreography in the TV movie Annie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 October 1960
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
It was wonderful and scary at the same time,
I never intended to do this movie as a documentary-style version of the novel. It really is a fable.
I saw many actors from around the world: It was so obvious that this was the one woman on Earth who could play this role,
I'd much rather fail than do something like 'The Chorus Line' movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized.
Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It's story through movement.
The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.
It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as he walked away, I thought to myself, 'It's exactly the opposite: I'm here to serve everyone.