The only Jeff Bridges movie he will watch when it is on TV: “I get hooked”
Bridges simply can’t turn this one off if he catches it while channel-surfing
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 05/2025
How anime inspired Michael B Jordan’s career: “These images are burned into my head”
There is a huge anime influence in one of Jordan’s blockbusters
The actor Gary Oldman said perfected “absolute simplicity”
Oldman marvelled at this star’s ability to do a lot with a little
The musician Quentin Tarantino insisted could have been Hollywood’s top star: ‘He was a prisoner’
Tarantino was adamant this star had the chops to be one of the best
The commercial flop that became Denzel Washington’s favourite movie role: “Really fascinating to play”
This movie tanked at the box office, but Washington still loved it
The Tom Hanks movie Roger Ebert detested: “Ripoff”
Hanks endured the wrath of Ebert after this misfire.
The movie Val Kilmer abandoned despite a contractual obligation: “He sort of quit, we sort of fired him”
This one turned into a Mexican standoff between Kilmer and two movie studios.
‘Matchstick Men’: The overlooked movie Nicolas Cage made instead of a Clint Eastwood Oscar winner
Cage chose the cult classic instead of a prestige picture
The Oscars snub that enraged Paul Newman: “I’m not a particularly vindictive man”
Newman got the last laugh on the Academy
Robin Williams’ favourite comedy movie scene: “I’ve never seen anything funnier”
Williams was no snob when it came to comedy
The actor Bette Davis called the “finest I ever worked with”
Davis admitted to be smitten with this co-star
When Dennis Hopper told the most powerful person in Hollywood to fuck themselves: “I was kicked out of the studio”
Even at 18, Hopper would speak his mind to those in power