“This rotten movie”: the one role Humphrey Bogart always regretted playing
He had a point.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 06/2025
Willem Dafoe’s unique definition of performance: “Not everyone can appreciate that”
Dafoe on acting brilliance.
Pierce Brosnan’s favourite gangster movie: “To this day it doesn’t disappoint”
A true classic of the genre.
The audition Geena Davis wishes she’d walked out of: “I could have avoided that treatment”
Unacceptable treatment.
“A groundbreaking pioneer”: the history-making movie that inspired Mel Brooks to make ‘Spaceballs’
This unexpected classic influenced Brooks hugely.
The Henry Fonda movie sabotaged by the government: “We opened to no audience”
“Nothing like that could happen.”
The brutal R-rated superhero role Tom Cruise lobbied for: “Would have been unbelievable”
Yes, Cruise wanted to play this psycho.
The one thing Kevin Costner has always despised about Hollywood: “Holy hell breaks loose”
Whatever you do, don’t suggest one of these to Costner.