How did Martin Scorsese get involved as a producer?
Martini: ‘Cause he saw the first movie I did and he really liked it, so he put his name on it as a “Martin Scorsese presents” thing and then on this movie, my agent just sent it to him, and he really liked the script and he said, “I want to Exec. Produce this” and if I had to choose one filmmaker that I really idolize and I’m inspired by, it’s him, so it’s a no-brainer for me to have the support of Martin Scorsese is like having the support of The Pope in my opinion. CS: Did he offer any thoughts on the film while you were making it or just let you do what you wanted to do? Martini: He lets me do what I want to do, but he looks at cuts and then that’s when he has ideas more or less. He shoots his own movies and he’s got so much going on that he’s not the kind of guy that’s going to show up on set and talk to you about where you should put the camera, but he is the type of guy who is going to look at your cut and then he’s going to give you his ideas on how to make it better. CS: Anythi
