"The Royal Tenenbaums" wasn't Gene Hackman's last film before his self-imposed hiatus -- that honor goes to "Welcome to Mooseport," the 2004 comedy that stands as Hackman's only onscreen appearance in nine years -- but it's certainly actor's best-remembered feature from this century. To think, it almost didn't even happen. In a lengthy excerpt from Matt Zoller Seitz's new book, "The Wes Anderson Collection," posted by Vulture, director Wes Anderson reveals just how difficult a time he had corral...
"The Royal Tenenbaums" wasn't Gene Hackman's last film before his self-imposed hiatus -- that honor goes to "Welcome to Mooseport," the 2004 comedy that stands as Hackman's only onscreen appearance in nine years -- but it's certainly actor's best-remembered feature from this century. To think, it almost didn't even happen. In a lengthy excerpt from Matt Zoller Seitz's new book, "The Wes Anderson Collection," posted by Vulture, director Wes Anderson reveals just how difficult a time he had corral...
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