The awful movie William Friedkin and Nicolas Cage refused to make: “The script was horrible”
Saved from embarrassment.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 02/2025
The movie Kirk Douglas only made because the president told him to: “He spent 20 minutes telling me”
Not the sort of person you can turn down.
The ‘Bond girl’ who became a laughing stock: “It broke my heart that people were making fun of me”
A vitriolic response to doing the job.
The real reason Stephen King prefers ‘The Shining’ miniseries to the movie: “I ought to go back and watch it again”
Laying his cards on the table.
The one role Al Pacino always wanted to play: “It would have been nice to be asked”
A lifelong source of regret.
The director Robert Downey Jr was prepared to murder: “Several times I wanted to garrote him”
Sometimes moviemaking is a stressful process, guys.
The horrendous Robert De Niro movie Roger Ebert adored: “Why shouldn’t he get his own turn?”
He was firmly in the minority.
The actor Johnny Depp called one of a kind: “That guy was fucking singular”
He wanted to step into his shoes.
