Mel Brooks Thought There Was “No Reason To Make ‘The Producers’ Into A Musical”
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deadline.comThe musical adaptation of the film version of The Producers is one of Mel Brooks’ greatest successes, but the veteran comedian has revealed it nearly didn’t happen.
He wasn’t sure his 1967 movie needed any tunes, and had to be persuaded by a persistent producer. Brooks told The Guardian newspaper that only when producer David Geffen kept calling did he finally agree to the project.
He recalled: “David Geffen called me every day. I said, ‘David, it’s a perfectly good little movie. I won the Academy Award for my screenplay.
It’s been honored and saluted enough. There’s no reason to make it a musical.’ Then the next day, he called me again. He never stopped calling me.
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