The actor John Goodman was desperate to emulate: “I wanted to be him when I grew up”
A unlikely hero.
John Goodman
The roles John Goodman tried to sabotage himself out of: “I’d show up snotty and arrogant”
Shooting himself in the foot.
The 1960s icon who became John Goodman’s most treasured friend: “I wanted to be him”
A wholesome friendship.
The role that gave John Goodman a panic attack: “Absolutely terrified, paralysed”
A terrifying experience.
The roles John Goodman desperately wishes he could play again: “There’s a lot of things that bothered me”
He knows he can do better.
The ‘Saturday Night Live’ audition John Goodman called “the worst thing I’ve ever done”
Let’s just say Goodman was out of his element.
John Goodman begged to be recast in ‘The Flintstones’: “Please don’t make me do any more”
Goodman had no desire to be stuck playing this character in a franchise.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new Tom Cruise movie delayed after John Goodman suffers injury
The actor sustained a hip injury but production will resume.
When Steven Spielberg had John Goodman play Fred Flintstone: “I felt like I was sandbagged”
It was truly terrible.
