Brett Ratner Refuses To Direct The 'little' Movies....

Brett Ratner has no interest in directing 'little' movies and is using his filmmaking talents to produce only box-office favourites.The Rush Hour directors turned down the opportunity to make Ocean's Eleven and the Memoirs Of A Geisha.But Ratner insists he has no regrets because he only wants to direct blockbuster movies.He says, "My gift is making big movies that audiences want to see. I'm not interested in making a little art movie. Down the line I think I'll make an 'important film' but right now I want to continue making the kind of films I want to see."I actually think it is much harder to make a huge buddy action movie like Rush Hour 3 than a pretentious art film."It's reported that Ratner moved the location to Rush Hour 3 to Paris, France because his stars didn't want to shoot the film on their native continents.Film star Jackie Chan admits he was all set to pack his bags and head for Hawaii until co-star Chris Tucker urged Ratner to reconsider the setting and move filming to Bangkok, Thailand.Chan reveals, "For Rush Hour 3 the first draw was Hawaii. Hawaii is good for me, but Chris refused: 'No, we're in America.' "I said to Chris, 'Where do you want to go?' and he said, 'I want to go to Bangkok.' I'm the Asian boy, so Bangkok, no. I refused.

"So then Brett Ratner said, 'OK, let's go to Paris.' Then we both agreed that Paris is good."

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