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For one thing or another, there is a list of Hollywood actors with whom filming doesn’t seem easy. These are some of the ones that are labeled “difficult.”
Maybe they were charming on screen, the production companies picked them up, and their names on a movie poster translated into huge box office collections. But that doesn’t stop him from wearing the label of difficult behind the lights, either by method, behavior or ego.
These are some of the Hollywood actors that, it has been said, can be difficult to work with.
VAL KILMER
Joel Schumacher directed Val Kilmer in “Batman Forever” in 1995. Just a year later, Entertainment Weekly published a text claiming that the director called him “childish and impossible.” But this is not all.
Richard Stanley drove Kilmer three days before he was fired. In those three days, as soon as the actor arrived, the discussion was assured.
“I don’t like Val Kilmer, I don’t like his work ethic and I never want to associate with him again,” said John Frankenheimer, who replaced Stanley.
Marlon Brando himself, with whom he once shared a set of footage, had his ups and downs with the actor: “Your problem is that you confuse talent with the size of your salary,” he said.
“I like to take risks and this often gave the impression that he was willing to risk his money, which was stupid for me. Now I understand, “the actor said in a 2017 Reddit session when asked about his” terrible child “fame.
KATHERINE HEIGL
“You may have said a few things you didn’t like, but then it grew to ‘it’s ungrateful’ and then it got to ‘it’s hard’ and it got to ‘it’s unprofessional,'” said actress Katherine Heigl about her reputation for being a person you’d better not work with.
“What is your definition of difficult? Someone with an opinion you don’t like? Let’s see, I’m 42 years old and that annoyed me “, he added during his interview with the Washington Post at the end of January this year.
There have been several episodes that have come to be labeled “difficult”, such as the complaint about the filming of “Grey’s Anatomy”, the series in which he became famous, when they were probably so to suit the other projects of its.
Also, retiring from the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2008 medical-themed series was a point against her. “I didn’t feel like they gave me the material this season to justify a nomination,” he said.
Many saw revenge because their character was removed from the plot.
BURĂ MURRAY
Over the years, some voices have been raised that have described the protagonist of “Ghostbusters” or “Groundhog day” as a light person on the set.
As Yahoo reported in 2019, Richard Dreyfuss said that the filming of “What about Bob?” Since 1991, she has been affected by the behavior of Murray, the “Irish drunken aggressor,” as she called it.
“Sometimes Bill was irrationally bad and unavailable; I’m constantly late for the set, “said Harold Ramis, director of Groundhog Day.
“What I wanted to say is what we tell our children: ‘You don’t have to have tantrums to get what you want. Just say what you want, “he added.
“I remember a friend saying to me some time ago, ‘You have a reputation.’ And I said, “What?” And he said, “Yes, you have a reputation for being hard to work with,” Murray told The Guardian in 2018.
“But I got that reputation only from people I didn’t like working with or people who didn’t know how to work or what work is,” he added.
EDWARD NORTON
The difficulty of working with Edward Norton, the star of “Primary Fear” and “American History X,” seems to lie in his determination to take the reins, not only of his interpretation, but of history.
Tony Kaye, the director of the latter film, said that Norton mixed with his film, even working on its editing.
Speaking to the British newspaper The Guardian in 2002, the director said: “Whenever I had an argument with Norton, I had no support. I could clean the floor with me because it is an excellent articulator ”.
There are various testimonies about Norton’s desire to change and modify the scenarios, and even Marvel was not exempt from his creative influences in the first and only film “Hulk” in which he played.
In the next installment, the studio had moved from Norton to Mark Ruffalo. They were looking for someone “to share the creative and collaborative spirit of the rest of the cast,” they told reporters.
CHEVY CHASE
In 2018, the Washington Post published a play entitled “Chavy Chase Can’t Change”, subtitled “The 74-year-old comedy star is sober and ready to work. The problem is that no one wants to work with him. “
In the same year, Dani Glover, with whom he worked on the “Community” series, spoke in a New York profile about his experience with Chase.
Glover commented that the actor had told him “people think you’re funnier because you’re black.”
And he added that a true artist must know when his reign ends. Chase did not deny this, but rejected the interpretation.
Some of those who worked with him called him unpleasant, aggressive, conceited, cruel and offensive, among other qualifications.
“It simply came to our notice then. I can’t change anything. And I’m old. I don’t have to worry about what I did anymore. I know who I am. People who know me know who I am. And I’m proud of who I am, “the actor reflected on his life in a Washington Post interview.