The terrible movie Glenn Close wasn’t good enough to be in: “She’ll never be a star”
One of our finest auteurs made a blunder here.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 04/2025
Winona Ryder’s favourite TV show of all time: “I’ve watched it hundreds of times”
Ryder was just as obsessed with this seminal crime drama as the rest of us.
Joel Coen names his favourite film noirs: “I like the sort of skanky kind”
They’ve had a massive influence on his career.
Samuel L Jackson names his greatest-ever death scene: “Everyone remembers this one”
Jackson claims “everyone” remembers this one.
How reverse psychology earned Anthony Hopkins an Oscar nomination: “Chicken, huh?”
Hopkins fell for the oldest trick in the book.
The one line Scarlett Johansson won’t cross for a movie: “I get a lot of pressure”
It contradicts her personal beliefs.
The director Spike Lee called a master: “We were looking at the great epics”
He inspired Lee’s greatest work.
Guillermo del Toro names the greatest directorial debut in cinema history: “A perfect first movie”
A first-time masterpiece.
The most difficult movie of Robert Redford’s career: “That was a heavy trip”
A challenging production.
The role Christopher Walken was banned from playing: “I just couldn’t pull it off”
Hollywood politics at its worst.