Michelle Pfeiffer iconic career and big life moments

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‘Scarface’

Visionary director Brian de Palma Died to begin set against Pfeiffer Audition for its Redemption of Gangster Film 1932 Scaffold Because of her part in Grease 2.

Producer Martin Bregman convinced De Palma to give Pfeiffer, and was very impressed with the filmmaker until he was cast as Moll Elvira Hancock Gangster addicted to drugs over Frontrunners Clenn Close and Sigourney weaver.

The complete amount of cruel violence and drug mistrust depicted in Scaffold He made the film extremely controversial at the time of its release in 1983.

However, Scaffold stand the test of time as a huge influence on hip-hop culture and now often rank as one of the largest gangster films ever made.

Pfeiffer admitted “The Skinny Confidential” podcast in 2023 that filmed Scaffold is a difficult process, both physically and emotionally.

“I cried myself to sleep almost every night Scaffold”He remembered.“ It was clearly a huge deal for me. Halo (Pacino) Want someone else, so understandably. That is, I am the girl from Grease 2You know what do I mean? I was just kind of … then like a month later, they called me back for a screen test. And I was, it was mixed because I was kind of, by then, so happy to be out of my misery, and I was tortured. “

Pfeiffer mentioned that her biggest concern through Scarface’s production was whether it would be “bad” in the finished film or not.

“I had so much hope I would never get this part. I was so cool. I mean, I walked in, and I did a very good screen test, and that’s how I got the part,” he added.