Film stars who hated each other on set

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henryporter wrote: »

The best has to be Faye Dunaway and Roman Polanski filming 'Chinatown':.

this is definitely the winner so far :cool:

Sasquatch76

Hitchcock was supposed to be a right prick too. I seem to recall he gave Tippi Hedren awful abuse on the set of the Birds.

cailinoBAC

And on Rebecca (stealing from IMDB)...
Because Laurence Olivier wanted his then-girlfriend Vivien Leigh to play the lead role, he treated Joan Fontaine horribly. This shook Fontaine up quite a bit, so Alfred Hitchcock decided to capitalize on this by telling her EVERYONE on the set hated her, thus making her shy and uneasy - just what he wanted from her performance.

JP Liz V1

Phoenix Park wrote: »

I think George Clooney said Jennifer Lopez was the msot difficult actor/actress he's ever worked with. They were in Out Of Sight together.

Shame as Jlo has been the only one of his love interests to have chemistry with Clooney in all his films imo

Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd didnt get along when filming A Time to Kill but that was more down to the fact both seeing/chasing Matthew McConaughey

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet -

Sean Connery and Stephen Norrington, the director of the League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Supposedly Connery and Norrington actually came to blows on set and some claim it's why Connery effectively retired from acting.

shadowcomplex

ive heard David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson didnt really get on

Da Shins Kelly

FlashD wrote: »

What's that based on? I have heard many actors say great things about Brando in interview, appartently he was bit of a prankster.

Didn't he refuse to take direction from Frank Oz unless he spoke in the voice of Miss Piggy? Heard that.

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Deleted User wrote: »

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet -

Sean Connery and Stephen Norrington, the director of the League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Supposedly Connery and Norrington actually came to blows on set and some claim it's why Connery effectively retired from acting.

They stopped short of blows though Norrington did invite Connery to hit him so that he could punch him back. Connery is supposed to have been a nightmare on the set and in editing where he repeatedly had Norrington's edits scrapped in favor of his. Supposedly Connery took issue with every aspect of Norrington's production and would stop filming if he didn't like a scene, line of dialogue, costume or Norrigton's frame. I think the quote at the time was that some actors want to be directors, some actors want to be producers but only Sean Connery wants to be assistant director.

Richard Pryor was know to be confrontational and a dick to work with. On the set of Blue Collar, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Pryor all despised one another and fist fights between takes and during takes were not uncommon. On the commentary Paul Schrader tells the story of how after on take Pryor walked up and punched Keitel before picking up a chair and hitting Kotto with it before just walking off set.

BopNiblets

I heard Darryl Hannah and Uma Thurman didn't like each other on Kill Bill, any truth to that?

Galwayguy35

Apparently Sam Peckinpah and Susan George didn't see eye to eye on the set of Straw Dogs.

the purple tin

Marilyn Monroe was supposed to be tough work.
Kubrick treated Shelley Duvall very badly on the Shining set.

These days some film execs will leak made up stories about feuds between actors to try and promote their film. That or stories about a romance between actors on set.

Myrddin

shadowcomplex wrote: »

ive heard David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson didnt really get on

Any mention of this anywhere? After nine seasons & two movies it'd be mad to think they didn't get on...

Sleepy

I've certainly heard it before. Once you can be professional about it though, it'd hardly be that bad. Especially given the pay cheque they'd have been on...

The cast of The Simpsons admitted on Inside the Actors Studio that they have nothing to do with each other off-set.

inda_kenny

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They stopped short of blows though Norrington did invite Connery to hit him so that he could punch him back. Connery is supposed to have been a nightmare on the set and in editing where he repeatedly had Norrington's edits scrapped in favor of his. Supposedly Connery took issue with every aspect of Norrington's production and would stop filming if he didn't like a scene, line of dialogue, costume or Norrigton's frame. I think the quote at the time was that some actors want to be directors, some actors want to be producers but only Sean Connery wants to be assistant director.

Richard Pryor was know to be confrontational and a dick to work with. On the set of Blue Collar, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Pryor all despised one another and fist fights between takes and during takes were not uncommon. On the commentary Paul Schrader tells the story of how after on take Pryor walked up and punched Keitel before picking up a chair and hitting Kotto with it before just walking off set.

pryor was coked out of his skull for years , was capable of anything including setting himself on fire

Galwayguy35

inda_kenny wrote: »

pryor was coked out of his skull for years , was capable of anything including setting himself on fire

Hello Taoiseach.