{"id":10856,"date":"2014-05-02T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2014-05-02T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:04:37","slug":"how-ron-howard-blackmailed-his-way-into-directing-his-first-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=10856","title":{"rendered":"How Ron Howard ‘Blackmailed’ His Way Into Directing His First Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Grand Theft Auto<\/a>” is Ron Howard’s first feature-length movie as a director after television roles in “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Happy Days.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0Though the 1977 comedy didn’t go over well with critics<\/a>, it was a success at the box office, and helped lead to his following movies including “Splash<\/a>,” “Willow<\/a>,” and the eventual Oscar-winning “Apollo 13<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

However, transitions from actor to director or vice versa aren’t so easy.<\/p>\n

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While recalling stories from his lengthy career in both acting and directing during a Tribeca Film Festival panel Saturday, Howard told an excellent story of how he made the transition because he wasn’t afraid to ask for someone to take a chance on him.