emmy rossum phantom of the opera christine

'He can't just live in the opera house,' Schumacher says. So amid the olive groves and over fine wine, Schumacher worked on beefing up the story, including creating a 'back story' for the Phantom himself. It was an exciting sojourn for Schumacher, who started his career as a movie costume and set designer, living in a $60-a-month 'hovel-esque' apartment in Los Angeles. But the British composer was serious and invited Schumacher to write a screenplay with him in the South of France. 'At first I thought he'd made a mistake, confusing me with someone else,' said Schumacher, who, at that time, had made only four films (including 'St.

Schumacher had just made the 1987 vampire flick 'The Lost Boys' when Lloyd Webber asked him to direct a film version of 'Phantom,' the popular stage musical, which then starred Lloyd Webber's wife, Sarah Brightman, as the Paris Opera singer Christine and Michael Crawford as the phantom who haunts the opera house and protects her obsessively. And even about his latest movie, 'Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera' (see review on ), which stars Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson.

JOEL SCHUMACHER, a rascally and vigorous 65, enjoys talking about life, the news, everything.

Emmy rossum phantom of the opera christine