Former Spider-Man Creative Director slams U2
Julie Taymore, former musical director of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, has taken aim at U2's Bono and The Edge for remarks they made to the media before she was fired earlier this year.
The theatre visionary created the concept behind the Broadway spectacular and worked with the rockers to bring the musical to the stage, but following a series of financial probelems the show was shut down in spring and producers opted to replace Taymor before reworking the project.
She is now suing the producers of the show for more than $1 million and claiming they have violated her artistic and creative rights and owe her the money.
In an interview with Esquire magazine, she insists there is no love lost between her and the stars of the band, who were co-producers of the show.
Attacking the rock duo, who created the score, over comments about her appearing exhausted before she was fired, she tells the publication: "There's no doubt by the end of February, when I felt all of this stuff happening, that I was exhausted by that, but not by the show and not by the inspiration I was getting from the actors.
"I think that those (quotes) were important to paint a picture of a director who you needed to release in order to make this big change. I had to be characterised that way in order for something to happen."
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