The actor who fell in love with Ridley Scott at first sight: “I read him half a poem”
It was meant to be.
Film Archives: 02/2025
The Burt Reynolds movie nobody wanted to make: “It was impossible to get the studios to do it”
Hollywood baulked at the potentially offensive subject matter…
Why Katharine Hepburn found acting to be humiliating: “Idiot’s profession”
It wasn’t all plain sailing.
The sci-fi classic Clint Eastwood turned down: “I almost got screwed”
This wasn’t the last time a fellow grizzled, taciturn actor benefitted from Eastwood saying “no.”
The movie Winona Ryder would have killed to be in: “I wanted that opportunity”
A longing to work with one duo.
The Spike Lee movie Robert De Niro declined to star in: “He didn’t want to do it”
A crucial and historical piece of work.
The easiest movie John Carpenter ever made: “The best experience as a director”
He had a blast and so did the audience.
The movie that almost broke Brad Pitt: “This one’s going to kill me”
He went through the fire on this one.
The performance Tom Hanks wants to delete from history: “Oh man it was terrible”
Not his greatest moment.