Who is October Kingsley

Exactly...who is/was she? She spent an inordinate amount of time writing posts on the Fugazzi board using various aliases. My theory is that FD was offered enough money to do the film to make it worth her while when she was trying to raise cash for Masterclass and also I wonder if she was doing stuff like the The Starlet to get her name out there to a younger audience for when the film got made...which of course it didn't.

Kingsley is a very untalented kid who somehow had enough money to hire Faye on board for her extremely lousy Fugazzi project. The title alone let's you know of that. I'd say tonirizo is on the money. Faye was financing Master Class at the time and the money was all there was as far as she was concerned.

My goodness! Have you ever read the hilariously stupid Hollywood Weekly Magazine interview with Kinglsey ? Here : https://issuu.com/octoberkingsley/docs/hollywood_weekly_magazine_-__octobe

In the interview, she said she raised herself the $2 million budget but didn't say how (or maybe I missed it). She expresses interest in working with.... (are you ready ?).... Daniel Day-Lewis, Chris Pine and "would love" to be directed by David Fincher and Bryan Singer. She also said she would be happy to work with Harvey Weinstein. Dear God.

Kingsley also said that her biggest fear is mediocrity. Do you think she ever saw her film ?

Here is what she has to say about working with Faye: As for her thoughts of working with the legendary actress, Faye Dunaway, who expressed interest in the film within 24 hours after reading the script? "Ms. Dunaway was very polite, professional, and respectful" says the first-time director and co-star. "She is a very complicated woman, but she is a phenomenal actress and very open and receptive to original, risqué ideas within the film-making medium". Kingsley muses that Dunaway definitely has a dark sense of humor as clearly demonstrated by her ready willingness to work on a film as darkly thematic and risqué as The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi. Kingsley got the invite to Faye Dunaway's home several times to go over the script and discuss Dunaway's character, the enigmatic Detective Rowland. According to Kingsley, the legendary actress approached her role in the film as she would any other big budget in Hollywood blockbuster even though The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi is more of a cult favorite. The venerable Dunaway was quite hospitable and gracious to the industry newcomer despite rumblings among industry insiders of a difficult personality. Kingsley recalls sitting next to the legendary star on set just when the grandame leaned in towards the ingénue as though she didn't want to share with anyone the question she was to ask of the young director. Kingsley recalls the humanity of that moment when a screen icon would need to ask something of someone with less experience. "If I can direct and star with Faye Dunaway on my first feature film, then I believe that everything else can be achieved."

Like tonirizo and subjectmatter700, I have no doubt Faye did that crap to raise money for "Master Class". She is a very intelligent woman, she knows what a good script is. Remember when everyone was telling her to turn down "Network" ? She knew it was an incredible piece of work and did it over the objections of her entourage. I feel bad to imagine her reading scripts like Fugazzi, Cougar Club or Gene Generation and remembering that she was once used to read "Chinatown", "Condor", "Barfly" or "The Arrangement".

I really do hope that Kingsley never manage to make another crap. One is enough.

PS - Kingsley said France is one of her favorite country and would like to buy a house there. No, please. PLEASE.

to be directed by David Fincher and Bryan Singer. She also said she would be happy to work with Harvey Weinstein. Dear God.

These are some of the worst people working on film today but I get your point.

How much money do you think Faye charged?

Isn't she a $1 million fee, for starters?

really?? I don't think she's worth that anymore, but even still, how on earth did she find the money?

A friend of mine worked on "Asphalte", the film she didn't do because of her health issues, and her fee was $100,000 a week. Her fee for Dr. F may have been between $200K and $500K. I can't believe the budget was $2M.