When animal cruelty forced John C Reilly to quit a Lars von Trier movie: “I cut all the scenes”
This star baulked at the controversial director’s plans
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 05/2025
‘Always’: The Bon Jovi power ballad written for a forgotten Gary Oldman thriller ‘Romeo Is Bleeding’
Everyone’s favourite cheesy stadium rockers dodged a bullet on this one.
The ‘Saturday Night Live’ record set by Scarlett Johansson: “It can be a little bit intimidating”
ScarJo is an ‘SNL’ history-maker
The iconic line Marlon Brando would only say for $70,000: “You’ll have to pay”
Brando didn’t come cheap, even for one line of dialogue
Angelina Jolie’s biggest issue working with Johnny Depp: “Doesn’t mean he’ll be shiny and clean”
Teenage Jolie would be crushed if she’d been able to see the future
Ed Harris and a Stanley Kubrick regret: “It was foolish”
He couldn’t even explain why he let this opportunity slip through his fingers
‘All the President’s Men’ and one crucial Robert Redford condition: “That was my payback”
Redford put his foot down and fought the studio
George C Scott: The actor who hated movies so much he turned down an Oscar
This notoriously volatile star even no-showed the Oscars ceremony
The forgotten Gary Oldman performance Leonardo DiCaprio says “inspired an entire generation”
DiCaprio adores this deep-cut from Oldman’s early career
Clint Eastwood names his most overlooked movie: “I wish more people had seen it”
It annoyed Eastwood that US audiences ignored this one
The one role Bill Murray wishes he could play again: “We should have made it as a modern movie”
Murray admitted he was wrong on this one
The career-killing movie Halle Berry narrowly avoided: “I think I really want it”
Berry dodged a significant bullet here