20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About True Detective

15. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Almost Directed The First Season

While it€™s difficult to conceive that a show so perfect could be improved by another€™s touch, it€™s entirely possible that Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu could have managed it. Though approached by Pizzolatto, Inarritu turned the project down to work on what would be his Oscar-nominated Birdman instead. €œI had a meeting with the writer, he gave me the second script and I knew that it would be great€, said the acclaimed filmmaker. €œThere was a part of me that wanted to do it, but another part of me wanted to develop my own thing.€
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