as Lionel, Charlie’s earnest screenwriter nephew.
: Despite being a movie about Hollywood, it was filmed entirely on location in Cape Town, South Africa . The Deal(2007)
: Charlie Berns (William H. Macy) is a washed-up producer on the brink of suicide when his nephew arrives with a dry, academic script about the 19th-century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Charlie sees an opportunity to reinvent the project as a high-octane action film titled Ben Disraeli: Freedom Fighter to lure in a massive action star, Bobby Mason (LL Cool J), who has recently converted to Judaism. The Cast : William H. Macy as Charlie Berns (also co-writer). Meg Ryan as Deidre Hearn, a skeptical studio executive. LL Cool J as Bobby Mason, the action star. as Lionel, Charlie’s earnest screenwriter nephew