Mel Brooks thought there was ‘no reason’ to make The Producers into a musical
The original Broadway production won 12 Tony Awards.
By contributor Hannah Roberts, PA Entertainment Reporter
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US actor and writer Mel Brooks has said he thought there was “no reason” to make his 1967 hit film The Producers into a musical.
The 98-year-old, who won an original screenplay Oscar for the film, said he was initially reluctant to adapt it for the stage but relented through the persistence of a producer.
Brooks told The Guardian: “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 honoured and saluted enough.
