Another piece of weird convergence between us - I was hired by a Japanese media conglomerate to write a biopic (the true story of the inventor of the F-scale for tornados, who came to America and solved a wind condition mystery that was causing planes to crash) as a vehicle for Ken Watanabe. One of the producers had a direct personal history with him. Awesome people, great gig. At one point I asked, "But what if Ken Watanabe says no?" It was clear that if he did, the project probably wouldn't get made. Suffice to say... I think Ken Watanabe said no :)
Another piece of weird convergence between us - I was hired by a Japanese media conglomerate to write a biopic (the true story of the inventor of the F-scale for tornados, who came to America and solved a wind condition mystery that was causing planes to crash) as a vehicle for Ken Watanabe. One of the producers had a direct personal history with him. Awesome people, great gig. At one point I asked, "But what if Ken Watanabe says no?" It was clear that if he did, the project probably wouldn't get made. Suffice to say... I think Ken Watanabe said no :)
Ah bummer. I really liked meeting him. He's such a wonderful actor. It's a small town sometimes, right?