The “insane movie” Steven Spielberg called the second coming of ‘Dr Strangelove’
It’s apples and oranges, really.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 09/2025
How Tom Cruise helped launch John Boyega’s career: “You’ve got to watch this kid”
Admirers in high places.
Why ‘The Incredible Hulk’ gave the Coen brothers nightmares: “Let us play in the corner”
Waking up in a cold sweat.
The reason Sigourney Weaver has never directed a movie: “I don’t want to deal with those people”
Harder to break through in a male industry
The only actor Christopher Nolan embraced as a collaborator: “It was a great pleasure”
Knew his leading man had some vital ideas.
Matt Damon “auditioned and got turned down” for ‘Cutthroat Island’, the infamous movie that killed a studio
In hindsight, he was lucky.
How Leonardo DiCaprio was shaped by three iconic actors: “I remember every single detail”
They inspired him to greatness.
Clancy Brown was “absolutely convinced” he’d be fired from ‘The Shawshank Redemption’
Needless to say, he wasn’t.
