The 1996 scene Eddie Murphy was begged not to shoot: “Tell him to pull the whole sequence”
He did it anyway.
Jerry Lewis
The one movie Frank Sinatra always regretted not making: “Things never worked out”
Studio politics at play.
The “dismal, wretched, awful” comedy Roger Ebert called “one of the worst movies ever”
Zero stars, funnily enough.
Steve Martin names every single one of his comedy heroes: “There were so many sources”
These were all huge influences on Martin’s style.
Woody Harrelson names the greatest comedy actor of all time: “He was hysterical”
The pick of the bunch.
Jerry Lewis: The comedian Jean-Luc Godard called “a painter”
“He’s not working like all those so-called modern moviemakers and making fancy with the camera.”
‘The Day the Clown Cried’: The 1970s movie cancelled for being too controversial
It could be unsealed sooner rather than later, though.
Stalking his stalker: how Robert De Niro prepared for ‘The King of Comedy’
Some extreme method acting.