“It eats me alive, from inside”: the betrayal Billy Bob Thornton will never be able to forgive
Thornton worked for years to get over this awful experience.
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 06/2025
“A groundbreaking pioneer”: the history-making movie that inspired Mel Brooks to make ‘Spaceballs’
This unexpected classic influenced Brooks hugely.
The brutal R-rated superhero role Tom Cruise lobbied for: “Would have been unbelievable”
Yes, Cruise wanted to play this psycho.
The one thing Kevin Costner has always despised about Hollywood: “Holy hell breaks loose”
Whatever you do, don’t suggest one of these to Costner.
Why Francis Ford Coppola wanted his own movie to fail: “I just wanted to be done with it”
Coppola didn’t want to be associated with this picture.
“No good can come of that”: the only time Alfred Hitchcock put an actor before himself
This was an error in judgment on the part of Hitch.
When George Clooney went too method for his own good: “I was supposed to play a drunk”
Perhaps, in retrospect, an ill-advised move.
When Paul Thomas Anderson wrote and directed a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch starring Ben Affleck
This forgotten sketch saw the light of day in the year 2000.
“I think it works, I hope so”: the role John Goodman couldn’t have been more wrong about
This struck more of hope than any real belief on Goodman’s part.
Ridley Scott’s unforgivable betrayal of Eva Green: “Her mother shouted at me”
Scott had some explaining to do to Green and her mum.
“That was a hard movie to make”: the actor who drove Bill Murray “absolutely nuts”
This set sounded like a tough place to be.