At this point, Val Kilmer WISHES he could have Mickey Rourke’s career.
Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando didn’t like each other in “Guys and Dolls”. The non-singer Brando was cast because he was a popular actor and the studio couldn’t get Gene Kelly. Sinatra called Brando “Mumbles” and wanted his role. Brando said that Sinatra was the kind of guy who would complain to God about being bald and deliberately flubbed lines so Sinatra would have to eat more cheesecake, a food Sinatra despised.Guys and Dolls (1955) - Trivia - IMDb
Walter Matthau didn’t care for his “Hello Dolly” co star Barbra Streisand, telling her that he had more talent in one fart than she had in her whole body. He also said she was the type of person who offered advice pretending it was in the best interest of the film but instead it was her being controlling and self centered.
Although he voiced kind words when Calvert DeForest (Larry “Bud” Melman) passed away, David Letterman seemed truly annoyed with his inablility to even read cue cards correctly.
Must’ve made The Doors a breeze. Behaving as though he was an arrogant prick didn’t even require acting!
I kind of doubt that. Letterman is known (rightly or wrongly) for being an asshole, and I can’t see him putting up with something that annoyed him, from a bit player like that, for very long.
IIRC, frequent costars Alan Ladd and William Bendix were the best of friends – and I think neighbors – until one day Ladd stopped talking to him and showing great animosity. It went on for years and Bendix had no idea what he’d done. He’d probably made some remark Ladd misinterpreted as a crack about his height.
Bendix was probably short with Ladd one day.
I’ve never found Val Kilmer goodlooking in “real life” & he may well have personality traits that people dislike.
But I wouldn’t put down his acting. Not after Tombstone…
I laughed.
Bronson Pinchot claims in this interview that Denzel Washington was abusive to everyone on the set of Courage Under Fire.
Bronson Pinchot DESERVES to be abused.
I read somewhere that the cast of I Dream of Jeannie hated each other, and that Larry Hagman was drunk and on LSD for much of the show.
Supposedly Gary Burghoff (Radar O’Reilly) was disliked by his fellow MAS*H castmates, however the first cite that comes up for that on Google happens to be an SDMB thread from 9 years back.
From what I’ve heard, Arnaz was an alcoholic and serial cheater. In fact, I think he was stepping out on her before “I Love Lucy,” which was apparently conceived in part as a way to spend more time together. I don’t think he changed much after their divorce. Unless Ball was going to let all that pass, how would they have patched it up?
What makes you think that that’s egocentric? It seems more like good business sense to me.
Bumping to say that I just got TCM’s November schedule and One, Two, Three is playing at 12:15 a.m. Nov. 19. I’m having them email me a reminder so I can set my DVR. Also, Pandora’s Box with Louise Brooks for those who haven’t seen it, and Strike Me Pink with Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman.
Agreed. He created the show and made sure that he was compensated. He let her do all the negotiating because she was the bigger draw. He’s not the first creator to do that sort of thing.
I say, did they ever find a suitable vehicle for Ellen Cleghorne?
I’ve read that many of The Muppets were the reverse of their onscreen images: Miss Piggy was actually very sweet and gentle and approachable off screen but Kermit was egomaniacal, insisting that nobody in the cast or audience look him in the eye or at his shadow, once refusing to go on until the entire cast converted to Jainism, and making Special Guest Stars Shields and Yarnell storm off the set in a vulgarity screaming fury for continual crude jokes about uses for dead mimes. Further tension was created by the Swedish Chef’s touchy-feeliness with young female muppets (claiming when confronted about it that “Ofdurgen snorg marg hurrgle titties”) while Fozzie took out a restraining order against Scooter claiming Scooter attacked him during a paranoid coke fueled fury following his night on the town with John Belushi and James Garner.
Yet it’s amazing they put aside their differences for some truly great moments on film.
My friend’s cousin was a Roadie for Muppets on Ice. He said that the professional animosity between Animal and Kermit was palpable but contained, until it erupted one night in Dubuque. Details are fuzzy, but it reportedly involved one of Animal’s long-term groupies. She started talking funny, he confronted her on it, and she tearfully admitted that she had a frog in her throat.
It’s not easy eating green.