The dangerously real death threats that cast a dark cloud over ‘Unforgiven’: “I will kill you”
When life shouldn’t imitate art.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 08/2025
Tom Cruise was “practically in tears” after being rejected by Terry Gilliam: “I couldn’t consider him”
He did alright in the end.
The “unpleasant, unendurable, despairing, and sickening” movie Roger Ebert couldn’t stand
It was a polarising film.
The only actor who made Robin Williams “freak out” with jealousy: “It was total consumption”
He needn’t have worried.
The movie Ron Howard started planning as a child: “I was six, maybe seven, years old”
Talk about a long-gestating passion project.
Why Mel Gibson turned down the “pointless” role that saved Anthony Hopkins’ career
Probably wouldn’t have saved him, though.
The performance Kevin Costner never wants anyone to see: “It would only be judged”
It stays locked in the vault.
The one actor Morgan Freeman simply refused to work with: “The man chastised me like a little boy”
Turns out the icon has a ruthless streak.
John Wayne needed divine intervention to make his toughest movie: “Duke had a priest on set”
Help from the man upstairs.
