In addition to havingGuy PearceandRussell Crowereprise their roles as Ed Exley and Bud White, theL.A.
Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson Pitched An ‘L.A.
Confidentialsequel to Warner Bros.when he was interviewed byThe Ringerin 2021.
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Helgeland even hashed out the story withJames Ellroy, since the firstL.A.
Confidentialwasloosely based on Ellroy’s novel of the same name.
ButWarner Bros. decided not to go through with the sequel.
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“We worked the whole thing out…It was great.
And Warners passed,” Helgeland said.
Pearce would later confirm that there were talks for anL.A.
Confidentialsequel,but they fell through following Curtis Hanson’s deathin 2016.
The idea that no one would want to do anL.A.
Confidentialsequel is utterly ludicrous,especially when you take the original’s massive success into consideration.
Confidential) speaks to how even a sure bet isn’t a sure bet.
That’s what they tell you, anyway.
Making ‘L.A.
Confidential’ Was Tricker Than Expected
If pitching a sequel toL.A.
Confidentialwasn’t hard enough, it turns out thatgetting the original off the ground was just as tough.
Despite Helgeland’s desire to write the script forL.A.
Confidential’s script, turning down other jobs to perfect their work.
The script is very much about the [characters’] evolution as men and their lives of duress.
But what about Chadwick Boseman?
Boseman wouldn’t star in anL.A.
Confidentialsequel, but he did eventually take up a pretty similar role in the crime thriller21 Bridges.
While21 Bridgesisn’t as masterfully crafted asL.A.
Confidential,it proves that Boseman could have carried the sequel if it was greenlit.
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