The 2015 Jake Gyllenhaal role that was written for Eminem: “That was the moment of pain”
Stepped in when the rap star changed his mind.
Author: Tim Bradley Archives: 05/2026
“It’s a horrifying situation”: the 2016 Liam Neeson movie threatened by North Korea
Could have all gotten very messy indeed.
The producer who pitched Sean Penn as Superman: “He’s got the eyes of a violent animal”
Would have been utterly bizarre.
“Triggered the shit out of me”: Tyrese Gibson has been terrified of Ving Rhames since 2001
Has been traumatised ever since.
The one role Tim Roth will always regret the most: “A crap movie that I did for money”
Should have just said no quite frankly.
The one actor Anthony Mackie refused to work with: “I’m not understudying a rapper”
Pride more important than money.
“His career is the one”: the actor Barry Keoghan has always wanted to emulate
One of the great talents in movies.
The Oscar-winning 1985 movie Robert Zemeckis was fired from: “They got nervous”
A sci-fi that put a spring in the step of some octogenarians.
When Alfred Hitchcock tried to wrangle 100 cats and failed miserably: “A disaster!”
Things went far from purr-fectly.
The movie Emily Blunt would only make with an ultimatum: “I’m not going to do it”
Wasn’t about to make a sequel for the sake of it.
“You had the part for 10 minutes”: the heartbreaking missed opportunity that cost Matthew Lillard a decade of work
On a hugely popular zombie show.
The actor who suffered the biggest career downward spiral, according to science
Used to make good movies, doesn’t anymore.