BPS 003: Making It in Hollyweird as a Screenwriter with Doug Richardson

Can you imagine having a front row seat to the start of the
filmmaking careers of Will Smith, Bruce Willis and Michael Bay?
Well this week's guest Screenwriter Doug Richardson did just that.
In 1989 20th Century Fox hired Doug to adapt Walter
Wager’s novel 58 Minutes into the first sequel to the hit
franchise Die Hard. In 1990, it was released as Die Hard
2, Die Harder.
Around the same period, Doug Richardson and his one-time writing
partner, Rick Jaffa, garnered national attention when their spec
screenplay, Hellbent…and Back was the first in Hollywood
to sell for a million dollars. Doug has since written and produced
feature films including the box office smash Bad
Boys (1995), Money
Train (1995), and Hostage (2005).
In addition to writing for the screen and print, Doug posts a
weekly blog on his website, dougrichardson.com, where he shares
personal anecdotes and insight from his thirty-year showbiz career.
The first collection of his blogs, The Smoking Gun: True Tales
from Hollywood’s Screenwriting Trenches was published in
2015.
I had a ball chatting with Doug and his stories from the set
had been mesmerized. He dropped some major knowledge bombs in this
interview. Enjoy!

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