Sam had given Jay and Damien a copy of A Million Little Pieces and they both loved it.” How did you set about finding the right cast and crew for the film? I have always been obsessed with art and I knew Jay Jopling and some of the artists he represents, like Damien Hirst. JF: “We first met in 2004 at Sam’s solo show Sorrow, Suspension, Ascension at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York. I trust you so just do whatever you want to do.’” How did you and Sam first meet? ![]() The phone call ended with me saying: ‘You can have the rights for free. If one of your friends is a great chef, and they call you up and say, ‘Hey, can I cook a meal for you?’, you say, ‘yes of course!’. I’ve known Sam for a long time and she is somebody I admire as an artist, a director and a human she always stays true to her vision. So she said: ‘Can Aaron and I make it into a movie?’. She asked if I was doing anything with A Million Little Pieces. JF: “As if by some perfect synchronicity, around mid-2016, I got an email from Sam followed by a phone call. Anyway, a few years ago the rights came back to me and, although I got enquiries about adapting the book all the time, I decided that I just didn’t need this film to be made.” What made you change your mind? The movie business is tricky: you get an actor or director and their schedule changes you have funding and then the company has two films in a row that don't work and it falls apart. ![]() ![]() I had sold the rights to the book, and there had been a few attempts at making the film that didn’t work out for whatever reason. James Frey (JF): “For me it was always going to be about who was making the movie adaptation and the spirit with which they were approaching it.
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