The other day we caught up with the congenial David O. Russell, the director who rassled George Clooney while making Three Kings and whose tirade against I Heart Huckabees star Lily Tomlin became a YouTube sensation. At the time, all we knew was that James Caan had left the set of Russell’s latest opus, Nailed, for the usual reason: “creative differences.” Now that we know what those differences were, the story is even better.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, “The trouble started Wednesday on the first of Caan's two days of shooting the role of a U.S. speaker of the house who chokes to death on a cookie. Russell asked him to cough as he choked, but Caan argued that the character couldn't cough and choke to death at the same time. Russell suggested that they shoot it both ways, but the actor expressed distrust that his version would be considered and left the South Carolina set.”

Please, YouTube. We’re begging you. Come through for us here, because we need to see this. How long did this cookie dispute go on? Was there some tension over the choice of cookie? Perhaps Russell wanted an Oreo and Caan insisted on a Nutter Butter. It’s just a shame they couldn’t work this out, but according to the Reporter, Caan’s part is being recast.