Is it a different vibe doing a UK gangster film, vs. an American gangster film?
DF: Location never really entered into my equation. In Snatch, you knew you were in a different kind of criminal world, a British criminal world, which was great for the character, because he never knew what they were saying anyway. [Laughs.] So it worked out. It was a Method experience without me trying to have a Method experience. Out Of Sight—”Marshall Sisco” (1998) Get Shorty—”Ray ‘Bones’ Barboni” (1995) DF: Out Of Sight was Steven Soderbergh, Jennifer Lopez, and of course George Clooney. A wonderful experience in Florida, and a good Elmore Leonard book. It was the second or third Elmore Leonard movie that I’ve been involved in. I certainly would be open to another. AVC: What do you think makes Elmore Leonard’s work special and so adaptable for movies? DF: First of all, they’re usually short. I read somewhere that if a book is over 250 pages, it’s iffy for movies. That sounds very pedestrian, I guess. But I think people like that. That’s one of the reasons they’re good sellers, bec
