“‘Man on a Ledge’ Screenwriter Takes a Long, Winding Road to Success”

The story of a 58 year-old ‘tyro scribe’ Pablo Fenjves, “who once played a key role in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, endured a 10-year fight to get his script made.” From THR:

The opening of Man on a Ledge today marks the end of an odd 10-year journey for the movie’s writer Pablo Fenjves.

Most edgy thrillers are written by hotshot 20- or 30-somethings, but Fenjves is just starting to hit his stride in Hollywood as a spry 58-year old scribe. His previous claim to fame was being known for his involvement as a key witness in the OJ Simpson murder trial.

“In a weird way, I’m peaking,” Fenjves said at the movie’s premiere afterparty Monday night, as a security guard kept guests from getting too close to star Sam Worthington and photographers took shots of Elizabeth Banks and rising actress Genesis Rodriguez.

Actually Fenjves has written made-for-TV movies years ago and ghost written memoirs, but his emergence as a screenwriter is his third act. His philosophy?

“There’s an old saying that says in Hollywood things come to those who wait. It’s wrong. It’s good things come to those who write.”

So once again, we see that not every new screenwriter in Hollywood is a 24 year-old USC film school grad. Nothing wrong that, of course, just nice to see the wide variety of writers who break into the business.

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