The unlikely movie Robert De Niro demanded to be made: “You’re going to do it”
Are you going to say no to De Niro?!
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 12/2024
The character Woody Harrelson hated playing: “I wish I had some reason to like him a little more”
Talk about self-loathing actors…
The one television scene that stunned Meryl Streep: “I haven’t recovered”
Streep dubbed this scene “traumatising”.
‘Highball’: Noah Baumbach’s foolish experiment
Baumbach likened this one to the amateur films he made at college.
How Marlon Brando almost talked Martin Scorsese out of making ‘Goodfellas’
Don Vito himself nearly convinced Marty not to do his gangster classic.
“Absolute rubbish”: why Russell Crowe surprisingly hated working on ‘Gladiator’
Crowe wasn’t a happy bunny for most of the ‘Gladiator’ production.
“Very nice of him”: when Paul Newman personally recommended Michael Caine for ‘The Man Who Would Be King’
Newman selflessly recommended Caine for what became his favourite film.
“Oh Lordy!”: The ‘Mission: Impossible’ stunt Tom Cruise hid from his family
Cruise kept his poor mother in the dark on this one.
‘The Gauntlet’: The movie that was a problem for everyone except Clint Eastwood
Eastwood was surprised that critics had problems with this one.
The coolest actors in cinema history, according to Stephen King: “I’d say there are at least four”
The “King of Horror” names his kings of cool.
“I wish I was a better actor”: why Kevin Costner regretted his inexperience while making ‘The Untouchables’
Costner didn’t feel he had the experience to do his best work on this one.
“It wasn’t one of my dream experiences, to put it nicely”: why Michael Caine hated making ‘On Deadly Ground’
Caine vowed “never again” after this misfire.