The greatest actor James Cagney ever knew was also the most difficult
The mutual respect was there.
James Cagney
“That’s a steal”: the LA crime classic Clint Eastwood loved so much he blatantly ripped it off
Imitation and flattery at once.
The one and only actor James Cagney hated working with: “I was going to knock him on his ass”
The exception to the rule.
The one actor Stanley Kubrick and Orson Welles agreed might be the greatest of all time
A couple of iconic supporters.
All 15 actors Morgan Freeman called his inspirations: “I watch movies every day”
That’s a lot of touchstones.
“He knows how to do it”: Anthony Hopkins names Hollywood’s only “real actors”
Hopkins thinks these are the only guys who “get it”.
Every Hollywood icon who called James Cagney their favourite actor: “The greatest bar none”
There’s a few of them.
The mobster epic that influenced Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’
It walked so others could run.
