The Oscar-winning 1991 role Tim Curry “desperately wanted” but couldn’t even get an audition for
An iconic character.
The Silence of The Lambs
The Oscar-winning classic Steven Spielberg’s team wouldn’t let him direct: “I wish I could have made that”
He should have fired them.
The two movies that almost made Anthony Hopkins quit acting: “Disturbing and distasteful”
Almost called time on his career thirty years early
The Netflix character “unashamedly” based on Anthony Hopkins: “Steal from another local boy”
An iconic performance.
How Gene Hackman almost cost Jodie Foster an Oscar: “He won’t want me”
Foster genuinely thought she’d lost her chance.
How serial killers and singing nannies shaped Scarlett Johansson: “I loved it”
Two incredibly different formative influences.
