The one movie Nicolas Cage didn’t want to make: “I must have said no five or six times”
It was his way or the highway.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 02/2025
Mel Brooks names the greatest comedy actor of all time: “The funniest man ever”
And it’s not Gene Wilder.
The scene that almost killed Jack Black: “I don’t know how I didn’t get my neck broken”
He was almost kicked off the mortal plane.
The iconic role written for John Wayne that he turned down out of spite: “He humiliated me”
‘The Duke’ was a man of his word.
The role Morgan Freeman desperately wanted to play: “I would commit crimes for that”
Being in jail wouldn’t help his chances.
The movie Roger Ebert refused to give a star rating: “I detested every moronic minute of it”
He hated the remake, too.
The most embarrassing roles of Paul Newman’s career: “They have nothing to do with me”
They had a curious connection, too.
The movie Kurt Russell quit for a bizarrely specific reason: “This was a mistake taking this role”
He wasn’t going to change his mind.
The one movie Jack Nicholson couldn’t find a flaw in: “There was simply nothing to criticise”
An unusual view of perfection.
