Malkovich and Halfon were both bidding for the film rights to author Don DeLillo 's 1988 novel about Lee Harvey Oswald , Libra .
Malkovich met Lianne Halfon in the late 1980s while she was an executive at A&M Films .
Malkovich and executive were both bidding for the film rights to author Don DeLillo 's 1988 novel about Lee Harvey Oswald , Libra .
Malkovich met Lianne Halfon in the late 1980s while she was an executive at A&M Films .