Why Morgan Freeman intentionally bombed his audition for ‘The Thing’: “I didn’t get that job!”
Shot himself in the foot.
The Thing
The John Carpenter movie he called “the most underrated of my films”
Carpenter has a soft spot for this one.
The flop that nearly ruined John Carpenter’s career: “You have got to change your ways”
Carpenter nearly lost it all after this disaster.
The iconic movie John Carpenter didn’t want to direct: “It was not something I wanted to do”
Carpenter has a complicated relationship with this masterwork.
Kurt Russell’s major issues with his most iconic roles: “Who gives a shit?”
Russell had beef with a couple of aspects of these ’80s classics.
The cult classic John Carpenter only made because he needed a job: “Nothing tough about it”
This 1983 cult classic was a directorial lifeline for Carpenter.
The 10 greatest movies to bomb at the box office
Sometimes greatness isn’t recognised in its own time.
