![]() All of the wannabee actors and the film people, producers around the pool, all of their necks turned on a swivel when I got the envelope. In preparation, McNally read “Eat, Pray, Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert’s piece in GQ, “The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon,” where she details her time as a Coyote in New York City.ĭavid McNally: I was sitting out by the pool doing some work and this young man dressed in black with a Jerry Bruckheimer cap with a black envelope and he said, “Are you David McNally?” And I was like, “Yes.” He said, “Special delivery from Jerry Bruckheimer.” It was very dramatic. ![]() Smith’s version was raunchy, so they went with Gina Wendkos’ draft. When director David McNally first received the script for “Coyote Ugly” by Smith, he was sitting by a pool at the Mondrian hotel. The cast and crew talked to Variety about the making of “Coyote Ugly” and why the film has lasted, 20 years later. John Goodman played Sanford’s father, Adam Garcia is her hunky co-worker and Melanie Lynskey her best friend.īut the film had a long road to the big screen. Soon enough, Violet is thrust into Hogs and Heifers-like hangout (which was based on a real bar), alongside Banks, Maria Bello (who plays the owner, Liliana Lovell), Izabella Miko and Bridget Moynahan as the other bartenders. In order to earn some cash, she auditions to be a bartender - known as a Coyote - in the Coyote Ugly bar. The film follows Violet Sanford (played by Perabo), a young, struggling songwriter headed to New York City (all the way from New Jersey) to make it big. The movie arrived in the same year as a cluster of other successful dance movies, including “Bring it On” (about high-school cheerleaders) and “Center Stage” (about ballerinas), and years ahead of Steven Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike,” which followed the R-rated adventures of male strippers. But this being “Coyote Ugly,” their routines were much racier - but not too racy, since the film had to be rated PG-13. Like “Cocktail,” starring Tom Cruise with a touch of “Cheers,” it told the story of a group of restaurant employees. 4 2000, to mediocre reviews, was the kind of mid-budget movie that Hollywood used to take risks on. And even Warren, who did the original music with Rimes, is super passionate about this.” We have really been wanting to do that and even had a form of a treatment with the original writer. I’ve even reached out to Jerry Bruckheimer and the team and the original writer and they’ve had some jam sessions on what it could possibly be,” Banks says. “I feel like we need to do some type of rallying cry to social media, you know, kind of like a petition to get people to sign to make the sequel. ![]() ![]() Now, Banks tells Variety that she’s been lobbying for years for a sequel. “I’ve had a passion to do a sequel to ‘Coyote Ugly’ for some time now. The female-led cast - including Piper Perabo - were featured on billboards and posters and the soundtrack went multi-platinum, with the help of LeAnn Rimes and songwriter Diane Warren. A 27-year-old Tyra Banks was elated when she landed the role of Zoe, the no-nonsense bartender in “ Coyote Ugly.” Although there weren’t high expectations for the movie, which starred a cast of mostly unknowns who play rowdy dancers at a seedy bar, the movie became a sleeper summer hit for Touchstone Pictures, grossing $60 million domestically on a $45 million budget. ![]()
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