Which actor made the most money for their first lead role in a movie?
This record had stood for more than 20 years
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 05/2025
The role Denzel Washington called his greatest: “It was my favourite part”
It’s fun to play the bad guy
The movie Michael Caine knew was doomed: “That was a disaster right from the start”
Caine dubbed this disaster the most “wretched” film he ever made
Gene Hackman always thought Robert Redford was an idiot: “He was appalled”
Hackman had no time for Redford’s stunts.
The two Francis Ford Coppola movies Roger Ebert hated: “A sharp disappointment”
Not even a Coppola admirer like Ebert could love these disasters
Stephen King and a staunch defence of ‘Babylon’: ‘I thought it was utterly brilliant’
King was one of the first to go to bat for this infamous flop
Tim Burton, Harrison Ford, and a Batman movie that never came to fruition: “Oh, shit”
He didn’t sound too please about it, either
Francis Ford Coppola picks his favourite Coen brothers movie: “Totally off the wall”
Coppola loves this blackly hilarious espionage farce
The casting choice Alfred Hitchcock bitterly regretted: “Screwed up all the values and the whole basic situation”
Hitch’s comments on this casting call would definitely not fly today
The Nicolas Cage comedy Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “This movie is dead in the water”
Ebert usually loves Cage…but not this time
The domino effect that led Matt Damon to the Coen brothers: “I was dying to work with them”
Damon’s path to the Coens was long and winding
The ‘Memorabilia King’ who supposedly robbed Hollywood blind for years: “John Gotti of movie props”
Was David Elkouby a mastermind or a fall guy?