No matter how many times Linda—she's Fred's agent—assured him that the movie would portray him in a positive light, he refused. I think in part, he was embarrassed by the cancer, which sounds crazy, I know. But he didn't like to talk about it. Whatever his reasons, no matter how much money the producer dangled in front of him, he wanted nothing to do with it. And the more Fred refused, the more that producer seemed to want to tell his story. The offer kept getting bigger and bigger."
