So Brett Ratner is conveniently getting into the Roman Polanski business, right?
The New York Post is reporting that Ratner is going to produce Marina Zenovich’s sequel to her film”Roman Polanksi: Wanted and Desired,” (which we wrote about in February) which has been in the works for a few months now.
So seems opportunistic, yes? But actually, no. Ratner and Polanski are actually old friends and even visited Auschwitz together back in September 2008 (Polanski told him it was a kind of strip club so he finally agreed) and Ratner even cast the director as a French detective in his movie “Rush Hour 3,” in 2007 (yes, most people like us didn’t notice because why the hell would we watch “Rush Hour 3”? Here’s your reason we guess).
While Polanski declined to appear in Zenovich’s original documentary, PRInside (a press release service from what we understand) says Polanski has agreed to appear in the second documentary which will likely follow everything that has ensued since and because of the original film.
And, uhh… hell, yeah, it’s understandable why.
Polanski is in the position he is now, because of the documentary. Meaning, not in jail, but potentially on his way to at least resolving his 31-year fugitive status from the U.S. Released last year (here’s our review from what feels like a million years ago), the documentary depicts rather blatant and self-described improprieties in California law and legal ethics. It is because of this documentary specifically and the damaging testimonials therein, that Polanski’s attorney’s sought for L.A. prosecutors to review the film in hopes of proving judicial misconduct and therefore having the case finally dismissed.
Ratner was not involved in the original (though Steven Soderbergh was an executive producer), but obviously wants to come on board now. “The family has forgiven [Polanski]. The victim has forgiven him. The rest of the world has forgiven him,” Ratner told the Post. “The LA judicial system is corrupt. It’s horrible.”
Ratner may be a himbo fauxteur most of the time, but don’t throw him under the bus on this one. The timing is poor obviously, but the doc has been in the works for some time and it makes sense that Ratner would come on board given their friendship. We mean… you don’t travel to Auschwitz with just anyone, right? Right?