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‘Naked Gun’ director Akiva Schaffer threatened to quit over snowman montage

‘Naked Gun’ director Akiva Schaffer threatened to quit over snowman montage

The Naked Gun co-writer/director Akiva Schaffer knew he struck gold with the wild snowman montage in his movie starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. But he had to put his entire job on the line to save it. “It was polarizing in script reads,” Schaffer said on Monday’s episode of IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “People I really respect like Andy Sandberg, when …

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