The role Bill Paxton always regretted turning down: “I think that put the kibosh on my career with him”
A real classic.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 11/2025
The historic first meeting between Bananarama and Robert De Niro: “We’d no idea it was him”
A moment for the ages.
The reason Howard Hawks turned down ‘Casablanca’: “I never had any faith”
Was far too much musical comedy for him.
The iconic John Travolta role Henry Winkler regrets turning down: “I was dumb”
Everything would be different.
The movie that almost deleted Tom Cruise from history: “That one didn’t get through”
Xenu would be devastated.
How one rogue actor set Clint Eastwood’s directing career back by 10 years: “It turned out not so swell”
He didn’t have a say in the matter.
Why the porn industry threatened to boycott Samuel L Jackson: “Superheroes don’t steal”
He made some powerful enemies.
The $370m classic Harrison Ford was convinced would bomb: “This is going to be my ‘Hudson Hawk'”
Harsh on ‘Hudson Hawk’.
