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James Cagney

Gene Hackman - Missippi Burning - Far Out Magazine

James Cagney: the actor who inspired Gene Hackman’s entire career

The pivotal influence.

Scott Campbell
Feb 27, 2025
Gene Hackman - Actor - 1980s

Gene Hackman names the biggest regret of his career: “That era was already gone”

“I didn’t have the looks for that kind of leading man part.”

Aimee Ferrier
Oct 24, 2024
John Travolta Satruday Night Fever

The actor John Travolta called his main source of inspiration

Give my regards to Cagney

Matthew Scott
Sep 14, 2024
Robert Redford - Actor

“An incredible talent”: Robert Redford names his favourite actors of all time

No room for Paul Newman.

Scott Campbell
Aug 30, 2024
How Richard Harris' huge 1960s hit became known as "the worst song of all time"

“The only advice that did me any good”: the acting trick Richard Harris learned from James Cagney

From legend to legend.

Scott Campbell
Aug 17, 2024
Gene Hackman - Actor

The actor Gene Hackman called “totally different from anyone I’d ever seen in my life”

The inspiration behind a legend.

Scott Campbell
Jun 29, 2024
The French Connection - 1971 - William Friedkin - Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman once named the actors he admired the most: “I felt I could do that”

He might have done better.

Scott Campbell
Jun 27, 2024
Orson Welles - American actor - director - screenwriter - producer

The actor Orson Welles called “the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera”

“Acted at the top of his bent and never hammed for one moment.”

Thomas Coll
Jun 7, 2024
Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick - Far Out Magazine

Malcolm McDowell once named “the greatest actor who ever graced the screen”

“Bar none. Bar none!”

Thomas Coll
Jun 4, 2024
Clint Eastwood - Actor - Director - 2018

An icon’s hero: The actor Clint Eastwood said “movies were invented for”

A career he was enthralled by from the start.

Scott Campbell
Jun 4, 2024
Stanley Kubrick - Director - 1966

Stanley Kubrick’s favourite actor of all time: ‘You could never take your eyes off him’

True pioneer.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose
May 31, 2024
James Cagney - Actor - 1930s

“The most difficult son of a bitch I’ve ever known”: James Cagney once named the best actor of all time

The mutual respect was there.

Scott Campbell
May 26, 2024

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