Just finished watching **The Holiday **, starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet and was struck by the fact the two stars were never acting in the same scene together (there was a brief glimpse of them in the same room in the final scene, but no dialog) and was wondering about other films where this happened.
Talking on the phone is OK (there was one scene of that, too); I mean no face-to-face scenes where they are in the same room and talking to each other.
The Fifth Element-Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman; they just barely missed each other when the Willis character gets on an elevator right when Oldman gets off one.
Best Defense with Eddie Murphy and Dudley Moore. The movie initially focused on Moore’s character and was considered so bad, a part was created for Murphy. Murphy’s and Moore’s plot lines never coincided, being separated in time by eight years. I seem to recall the final scene had a dialogue between Moore and Murphy, but the two never shared screen time for the bulk of the movie.
Well they’re alway Citizen Kane who didn’t talk directly to anyone at least in present tense, and didn’t talk to the reporters at all, what with being all dead and stuff.
In Evita Anotnio Banderas and Madonna only interact in one scene (Waltz for Evita and Che).
I read the book “The Fan” and it’s all a series of letters and telegrams. I don’t know they did the movie, but I don’t think Lauren Bacall and James Gardner could have had many scenes together (she was the actress on the East Coast, he was her ex-husband on the West Coast).