The Oscar-winning 1990 movie Clint Eastwood refused to star in: “I’m Dirty Harry, I can’t be”
Probably for the best.
Warren Beatty
The “beautiful, tragic, sad” movie Bill Paxton called the greatest he’d ever seen
An underrated classic.
The “lifeless” career-killing flop Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “A truly dreadful film”
He wasn’t the only one.
The Oscar-winning movie Cary Grant refused to come out of retirement for: “It’s not a very good part”
Was seriously tempted, but said no in the end
Three of Robert Redford’s most famous roles were turned down by Warren Beatty
A remarkable coincidence.
The only movie that gave Diane Keaton everything she wanted: “The best of all possible worlds”
Acting legend Diane Keaton on Jack Nicholson
Why the Oscar-winning ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ was hated by its own studio chairman: “It’s a three-piss picture”
This studio head actively tried to bury an undisputed classic.