Why This A-List Director Said No To Brokeback Mountain — cinemablend.com

Almodovar, who is widely regarded as one of the most thought-provoking and visceral filmmakers to have ever stepped behind the camera, made his comments while talking to the Financial Times. The Spanish director admitted that he turned down the chance to direct Brokeback Mountain because of he still had his doubts about working within the constraints of a Hollywood studio. Almodovar stated that his film would have been drastically different to Ang Lee’s version, teasing that his incarnation of the film would have been much more physical and sexual than the feature that wound up being nominated for Best Picture in 2005. In fact, he admitted that he wanted to go beyond the characters sleeping together once. And even though the studio had promised him "total artistic freedom and final cut," he is certain that if he’d proceeded with his idea for the film they wouldn’t have let him release it in the way he envisioned

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