Alberto Barbera, the President of the Venice Festival, said that the premire of "Under the Skin" (2013) was one of the worst screenings he had ever attended. According to him, Scarlett Johansson was almost in tears because of the audience's response & it was the only time the audience booed a film. Barbera then tried to console her by saying, "Don’t worry, in time the film will be recognised." He later said, "And that’s exactly what happened. It’s now a cult movie.” "Under the Skin" (2013) was named as 'The Best British film of the 21st century' in a poll of critics. ("‘We knew we would face insults’: Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera on including Polanski and Allen", Nadia Khomami, The Guardian, 2023) P.S: On this day, 13 years ago, "Under the Skin" (2013) premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, USA.

After reading the script of "Robocop 2" (1990), Peter Weller didn't like it and he criticised it. He told the producers, Irvin Kirshner and Frank Miller up front that the movie needed a better third act. The producers felt that "the monster is going to be enough.” Weller felt it needed a moral angle. Weller thought the script of "Robocop 2" did not have the code, the spine, or the soul of 'Robocop" (1987). Here is what Peter Weller said: "Interviewer: Does 'RoboCop 2' have anything to do with your general feelings on sequels being inferior? Weller: Yeah. 'RoboCop 2' didn’t have a third act. I told the producers and Irv Kirshner up front, and Frank Miller. I told them all. I said, “Where’s the third act here, man? So I beat up a big monster. In the third act, you have to have your Dan O’Herlihy. Somebody’s got to be the third act.” “No, no, the monster’s going to be enough.” “Look, it’s not enough!” When you have a movie like the first 'RoboCop', where the bad guys are never the bad guys and it’s always the morality of the thing. You know, like the idea that progress in the name of progress can steal a man’s identity. Look, the first RoboCop’s got deregulated trickle-down social economic politics in it, way before Bush and Romney and the debates with Obama and Senator Clinton. It’s got a morality to it. If you don’t have that, man, you’ve got no flick, and I said that so much. But, look, I don’t need to be right about 'RoboCop 2'. I had a good time making 'Robocop 2'. I was breaking up with a girlfriend at the time, so I can’t say I really had a great time, but I had a good time with Irv Kirshner, God bless him, and being in Houston, running around with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, who’s an old friend. But the script did not have the code, the spine, or the soul of the first one." ("Peter Weller on feminism, sequels, and more", Will Harris, The AV Club, 2013)