The one type of movie Tom Hanks refuses to watch: “I simply don’t choose to see them”
A hard pass from the legendary star.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 02/2025
The controversial movie Sean Connery hated making: “So much incompetence, ineptitude, and dissension”
“The film could have disintegrated…”
The flop movie Paul Newman admitted he only made for the money: “An actor has to work”
He took the money and ran.
The movie Ron Howard spent years working on and instantly regretted: “I really think we made a mistake”
He shouldn’t have bothered.
The ‘Bond girl’ who hated it so much they quit acting: “I could not anticipate living my life like that”
Off-putting would be an understatement.
The last-minute decision that defined ‘Saving Private Ryan’: “Steven took me aside”
It changed the course of the movie.
‘Henderson the Rain King’: the dream film that Jack Nicholson couldn’t “get anybody to make”
A failed passion project.
“I probably started it wrong”: how ‘The Postman’ sent Kevin Costner into Hollywood exile
Points for trying, at least.
Lewis Medlock in ‘Deliverance’: the iconic role Burt Reynolds got only because nobody else wanted it
Everyone else’s loss was his gain.
Why Ben Affleck considers ‘The Good Shepherd’ amongst his favourite Matt Damon performances: “One of the most exquisite I’ve ever seen”
It’s a shock he didn’t say ‘all of them’.
How many movies has Steven Spielberg produced that he didn’t direct?
A very small few, all things considered.