I just got off the phone with Danny who's concerned about the age but I think I got him thinking about it and he's going to look at some scenes from Lions for Lambs where Tom's basically auditioning for Jobs. He's also concerned that the choice will be met with derision because it's such a commercial choice but I honestly think that ends up working for us. Tom's going to surprise some people and they'll want to reward that. I don't think we'd have to recast Woz. Seth's the right age in the first act and Tom's the right age in the third. And the movie announces itself pretty quickly as not being literal--as being a painting rather than a photograph. Look, I wouldn't cast Clint Eastwood but if I saw Tom Cruise flying around the backstage corridors of Symphony Hall I wouldn't think he was too old. I think it would be dazzling performance.



On Oct 31, 2014, at 10:27 AM, DeLuca, Michael wrote:

Does it still work with rogen as woz? Age wise?

From: <Pascal>, Amy <Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com>

Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:25 AM

To: ITPS <Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com>

Cc: Aaron Sorkin <endofshow@me.com>

Subject: Re: from a. sorkin



love love love this

On Oct 31, 2014, at 10:18 AM, DeLuca, Michael <Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com> wrote:

Me too, I worked with him on Magnolia, no one works harder, no one

From: <Pascal>, Amy <Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com>

Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:15 AM

To: ITPS <Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com>

Cc: Aaron Sorkin <endofshow@me.com>

Subject: Re: from a. sorkin



i think this is a fantastic idea

On Oct 31, 2014, at 10:06 AM, DeLuca, Michael <Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com> wrote:

Thank you Aaron!!!

From: Aaron Sorkin <endofshow@me.com>

Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:04 AM

To: "Pascal, Amy" <Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com>, ITPS <Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com>

Subject: from a. sorkin



It was great seeing you both yesterday. I've gotten Scott and Danny to the point where they're now a little interested in Tom Cruise. Though both remain concerned about his age (me less so) everyone agrees that he's an actor who can really handle language (Lions for Lambs, Magnolia, A Few Good Men) and a movie star who feels comfortable owning the stage. He's in London filming right now and Scott wants to get him a script to read and a meeting with Danny before Danny comes here to LA next week. I've been warned that he likes to bring in Chris McQuarrie to re-write but Maha Dakhil (who wants him in the movie) has assured me that won't happen.

Aaron







From: "Aaron Sorkin" <endofshow@me.com> To: "DeLuca, Michael" Cc: "Pascal, Amy" References: <5B780AFF-7F62-40E4-BB90-55FEE335CC81@me.com> <D0790F8C.EF42%Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com> <13FA57B3-452E-4423-819F-C3148A77D742@spe.sony.com> <D0791259.EF4D%Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com> <D9F00DC2-44CB-485D-98E7-4826E8564997@spe.sony.com> <D0791470.EF51%Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com> In-Reply-To: <D0791470.EF51%Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com> Subject: Re: from a. sorkin Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:41:32 -0500 Message-ID: <2986A140-8CBE-41DB-A87E-6DFFE81E0818@me.com> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQIOgJaQXn2Wdb5FNXRH+Rimj0h11AHtTBNrAdNpCVMBzNUfFAI8o5ZEAifqbZwBRLiA1A== Content-Language: en-us x-ms-exchange-organization-authmechanism: 10 x-ms-exchange-organization-authsource: ussdixhub22.spe.sony.com x-ms-exchange-organization-authas: Internal x-forefront-antispam-report: CIP:17.158.185.186;CTRY:US;IPV:NLI;EFV:NLI;SFV:NSPM;SFS:(438002)(189002)(199003)(24454002)(51704005)(377454003)(88136002)(93916002)(92566001)(92726001)(86362001)(57306001)(16236675004)(89996001)(33656002)(102836001)(107046002)(106466001)(87836001)(76176999)(50986999)(104016003)(104166001)(31966008)(77156002)(95666004)(110136001)(69556001)(46102003)(36756003)(64706001)(20776003)(87286001)(19580405001)(19580395003)(44976005)(4396001)(512954002)(450100001)(6806004)(99396003)(21056001)(71186001)(120916001)(50226001)(84326002)(117156001)(93886004)(82746002)(83716003)(62966003)(104396001)(7059028)(42262002);DIR:INB;SFP:;SCL:1;SRVR:BY2FFO11HUB034;H:nk11p10mm-asmtp002.mac.com;FPR:;MLV:sfv;PTR:nk11p10mm-asmtp002.mac.com;MX:1;A:1;LANG:en; x-microsoft-antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BY2FFO11HUB034; x-eopattributedmessage: 0 received-spf: Pass (protection.outlook.com: domain of me.com designates 17.158.185.186 as permitted sender) receiver=protection.outlook.com; client-ip=17.158.185.186; helo=nk11p10mm-asmtp002.mac.com; authentication-results: spf=pass (sender IP is 17.158.185.186) smtp.mailfrom=endofshow@me.com; x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:; x-proofpoint-virus-version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.12.52,1.0.28,0.0.0000 definitions=2014-10-31_08:2014-10-31,2014-10-31,1970-01-01 signatures=0 x-proofpoint-spam-details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1408290000 definitions=main-1410310167 Status: RO MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1369549809_-_-" ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1369549809_-_- Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><blockquote type="cite">I just got off the phone with Danny who's concerned about the age but I think I got him thinking about it and he's going to look at some scenes from <i>Lions for Lambs </i> where Tom's basically auditioning for Jobs. He's also concerned that the choice will be met with derision because it's <i>such</i> a commercial choice but I honestly think that ends up working for us. Tom's going to surprise some people and they'll want to reward that. I <i>don't </i> think we'd have to recast Woz. Seth's the right age in the first act and Tom's the right age in the third. And the movie announces itself pretty quickly as not being literal--as being a painting rather than a photograph. Look, I wouldn't cast Clint Eastwood but if I saw Tom Cruise flying around the backstage corridors of Symphony Hall I wouldn't think he was too old. I think it would be dazzling performance.<br></blockquote><br><div><div>On Oct 31, 2014, at 10:27 AM, DeLuca, Michael wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Does it still work with rogen as woz? Age wise?</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> <Pascal>, Amy <<a href="mailto:Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com">Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:25 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> ITPS <<a href="mailto:Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com">Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> Aaron Sorkin <<a href="mailto:endofshow@me.com">endofshow@me.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: from a. sorkin<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"> love love love this<br><div style=""><div>On Oct 31, 2014, at 10:18 AM, DeLuca, Michael <<a href="mailto:Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com">Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Me too, I worked with him on Magnolia, no one works harder, no one</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><Pascal>, Amy <<a href="mailto:Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com">Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:15 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>ITPS <<a href="mailto:Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com">Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>Aaron Sorkin <<a href="mailto:endofshow@me.com">endofshow@me.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: from a. sorkin<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"> i think this is a fantastic idea<br><div style=""><div>On Oct 31, 2014, at 10:06 AM, DeLuca, Michael <<a href="mailto:Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com">Michael_DeLuca@spe.sony.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Thank you Aaron!!!</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Aaron Sorkin <<a href="mailto:endofshow@me.com">endofshow@me.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:04 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"Pascal, Amy" <<a href="mailto:Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com">Amy_Pascal@spe.sony.com</a>>, ITPS <<a href="mailto:Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com">Michael_Deluca@spe.sony.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>from a. sorkin<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> It was great seeing you both yesterday. I've gotten Scott and Danny to the point where they're now a little interested in Tom Cruise. Though both remain concerned about his age (me less so) everyone agrees that he's an actor who can really handle language (<i>Lions for Lambs</i>, <i>Magnolia</i>, <i>A Few Good Men</i>) and a movie star who feels comfortable owning the stage. He's in London filming right now and Scott wants to get him a script to read and a meeting with Danny before Danny comes here to LA next week. I've been warned that he likes to bring in Chris McQuarrie to re-write but Maha Dakhil (who wants him in the movie) has assured me that won't happen. <div><br></div><div>Aaron</div></div></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></span></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html> ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1369549809_-_---