The director Keanu Reeves called a mad genius: “This is a person with a vision”
A classic.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 04/2025
The only actors who refused to work with John Wayne: “He asked a him a couple of times”
Not many turned down ‘The Duke’.
The director Christopher Nolan would perform inception on: “If I could steal someone’s dream”
Using his own dream logic in real life.
The iconic Kevin Costner role originally written for Steve McQueen: “We’ll make it great”
An unusual switcheroo.
The role Burt Reynolds only played because Gene Hackman said no: “We were not enthusiastic”
And he almost didn’t get it, either.
The Coen brothers movie nobody wanted to make: “They almost uniformly hated it”
An unexpected success.
The movie that sent Mickey Rourke into Hollywood exile: “This piece of shit”
His career never recovered.
The director who hated working with Eddie Murphy: “A horrible, depressed, creepy guy”
Didn’t stop him from doing it again.
When Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood injured themselves hiding from John Wayne: “I was so embarrassed”
A notoriously awkward evening.