Warren Beatty in star-studded trailer for “Rules Don’t Apply” (video)

 October 27, 2016 - 12:31 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes character is seriously smitten with Lily Collins in Fox’s final trailer for the comedy-drama “Rules Don’t Apply”.

According to Variety, Collins portrays a spunky actress in 1958 Hollywood who tells Hughes that she’s OK with his multiple eccentricities — such as an affection for banana nut ice cream and keeping more than a dozen actresses under contract. “You’re not crazy; you’re an exception,” she explains.

“You make an old guy courageous,” Hughes says in response before taking off on his first flight in more than a decade. The final scene in the clip shows one of the plane’s engines stalling.

“This is Frank’s first plane ride,” Beatty says of Alden Ehrenreich’s character. “I want to make it memorable.”

The trailer begins with a flummoxed Alec Baldwin explaining over the phone, “Howard, I’m finding it very hard to run your companies without ever having seen you.”

“Rules Don’t Apply” premieres Nov. 10 at the opening of the AFI Fest at the TCL Chinese Theatre.

Beatty produced and directed from his own script and stars in the film for New Regency and Fox, which is releasing “Rules Don’t Apply” on Nov. 23.

The star-laden cast includes Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Steve Coogan, Ed Harris, Haley Bennett, Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Taissa Farmiga, Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt and Ehrenreich — who plays a driver working for Hughes. He becomes involved with Collins’ character despite Hughes rule against romance between employees.

“Rules Don’t Apply” is the first film that Beatty has directed since 1998’s “Bulworth.”