“Irrelevant to him”: the iconic Patrick Swayze role Johnny Depp turned down on the spot
Didn’t fancy teaming up with Keanu.
Author: Tim Bradley Archives: 04/2026
“From really good to really shit”: the actor who crumbled in the presence of Robert De Niro
Struggled with a high-pressure audition.
“It was fucking awful”: the movie that turned Domhnall Gleeson into a “food pervert”
A mid-2010s war drama from Angelina Jolie.
“No, you’re not. Fuck off”: the only good musician-turned-actor, according to Dakota Johnson
A seasoned veteran of movies and music.
“I’m not coming back”: how François Truffaut made Callum Turner fire his therapist
Didn’t want to mix professional with personal.
“Absolutely not, don’t do that”: James McAvoy and the £40,000 crossroads that changed everything
Could have been schoolmates with Daniel Radcliffe.
Andy Warhol, a 32-man police raid, and a watershed moment for X-rated cinema in Britain
Vital support came from an unexpected source.
Idol, inspiration, enemy, and a rejected Oscar: Marlon Brando’s odd bond with Charlie Chaplin
A former hero reduced to a hated dictator.
“Wow, that’s flattering”: the role David Harbour was told he was too fat to play
A larger than life Hugh Jackman foe.
“No shit, Sherlock!”: the cinema movement Mads Mikkelsen considers “silly” over seminal
Feels like setting out movie rules is a pointless exercise.
The four influential movies that took Ryan Coogler from Oakland to the Oscars
Including a Spielberg classic and a Spike Lee joint.
The first movie genre banned in the United States wasn’t even real cinema
As soon as films were made, they were being censored.