The actor Tom Cruise called an “outstanding” hero of modern cinema
Hard to argue with.
Kirk Douglas
The movies Bruce Willis wishes he starred in: “This is a list that could go on for quite a while”
“A list that could go on for quite a while.”
“We parted as enemies”: Is Otto Preminger the most hated director in Hollywood history?
He was compared to Adolf Hitler more than once.
The only actor brave enough to stand up to Stanley Kubrick: “You don’t have to do this”
Not many would be so bold.
The movie that changed everything for Kirk Douglas: “A turning point”
It took him to the next level.
The director who hated working with Kirk Douglas: “Started badly, went on badly, ended badly”
The legendary star went berserk…
Kirk Douglas names the most important movie he ever made: “I don’t know if this is a good film”
It literally changed his life.
Kirk Douglas once named his most overlooked movie: “They didn’t give it a chance”
Kirk battled the studio on this one and lost.
The movie Kirk Douglas only made because the president told him to: “He spent 20 minutes telling me”
Not the sort of person you can turn down.
The movie Stanley Kubrick rewrote and made much worse: “It was awful”
Kubrick had to be saved from himself by his leading man.
The classic movie Kirk Douglas wanted to fail out of spite: “Well, at least it will be a flop”
The green-eyed monster on full display.