When requested about Madonna, Seidelman recalled not a large famous person or a rich pop icon, however a shabby, off-the-cuff punker with none money in her pocket:
“Madonna was nonetheless means underneath the radar — an aspiring musician who additionally needed to be in motion pictures. I keep in mind her arriving for her audition in a taxi and she or he did not have sufficient to pay for it: she borrowed cash from the woman behind the desk at our casting workplace! Immediately, I believed that was humorous, cheeky and there was one thing scrappy about her that appeared excellent for the position. I fought to rent her, nevertheless it was the studio boss’ son who clinched it: he cherished Madonna’s music and advised them to rent her!”
It is a good factor studio heads have youngsters plugged into popular culture. And that administrators like Seidelman are hip sufficient to have filmed in New York, realizing the place all of the hippest nightclubs are. Certainly, elements of “Susan” had been filmed in Danceteria, a now-defunct dance membership that Madonna used to frequent.
As for Bruce Willis, he was nonetheless enjoying bit elements in 1984 when “Susan” was holding auditions. He hadn’t but damaged by means of with his hit TV sequence “Moonlighting,” which debuted in 1985. Seidelman remembered assembly Willis after the movie and studying that his rejection from “Susan” was a blessing in disguise:
“He was nice! He wasn’t solid, however on the finish of filming, we had a wrap social gathering and he was our bartender for the evening, one thing he did in-between appearing jobs. He thanked us for not casting him as a result of, as an alternative, he’d acquired the position in ‘Moonlighting.’ His massive break!”
Willis is charming, however Quinn is a a lot totally different actor. Each Seidelman and Willis made the suitable decisions.
