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[Acorn]

He actually groped his transgender niece wow.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-zap-ent-david-russell-groping-story.html

certainly didn't know about that one.

Cloontang never fucks up someone that doesn't deserve it.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Yeah this really is the only recorded time of him acting like this. Wasn't that on Terminator Salvation? god if I was filming that piece of shit I would have been angry too.

It was. He mentions Bryce in it btw. And yes, he's having a moment because he's high-stakes high-pay professional. I'm certainly not of the mind that a burst like that could never happen in that kind of environment. That's the game, you know.

On the other hand, much like Hardy's comment on "fucking Smarties", there is an effect of severe body changes for roles too, and coming from the Mechanist into Batman must have had an effect on Bale as well. He's hasn't 'debuffed' since either, if you're watching his movies, so I'm guessing that going through those extremes wasn't exactly a fun experience. Manu Bennett (before getting a gig on Arrow) described that 'post-smarties process' in more detail as randomly breaking down and mood shifts, so that's why I'm speculating this.
As for "wtf are smarties" (kudos if you thought about the little guys in Giants: Citizen Kabuto): steroids.

 

[Bold One]

dafuq is happening here?

on Heigl, I never would have guessed, then again I dont watch Grey's Anatomy

 

[CloudWolf]

Edward Norton - backseat directing/screenwriting see Hulk

Actually, him being able to change the script was part of his contract.

 

[Ridley327]

dafuq is happening here?

on Heigl, I never would have guessed, then again I dont watch Grey's Anatomy

It's 2016, and I'm linking to YTMND.

 

[mreddie]

dafuq is happening here?

on Heigl, I never would have guessed, then again I dont watch Grey's Anatomy

CGIed his eyes, Patton Oswalt talks about filming Blade 3 and Snipes was a zilch. As for Heigl, she trashed Knocked Up and responded with the Ugly Truth and her own line of films that no one gave a damn about and of course, her drama with Shonda Rhimes.

 

[Vengrim]

On the other hand, much like Hardy's comment on "fucking Smarties", there is an effect of severe body changes for roles too, and coming from the Mechanist into Batman must have had an effect on Bale as well. He's hasn't 'debuffed' since either, if you're watching his movies, so I'm guessing that going through those extremes wasn't exactly a fun experience. Manu Bennett (before getting a gig on Arrow) described that 'post-smarties process' in more detail as randomly breaking down and mood shifts, so that's why I'm speculating this.
As for "wtf are smarties" (kudos if you thought about the little guys in Giants: Citizen Kabuto): steroids.

I don't know, Bale didn't look that buff in American Hustle.

 

[BumRush]

ITT I learned that Tom Hardy is as cool as I assumed he was and DDL is REALLY committed to his roles.

 

[CloudWolf]

Over all Christian Bale seems like a really cool guy who would be great to work with, but lest we not forget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0auwpvAU2YA

That explosion was completely justified though. Some random stage worker walls on set and ruins a scene? I'd be pretty angry as well if I was a professional actor.

 

[ComputerBlue]

I don't know so much about difficult to work with. But I was watching an episode of Big Fat Quiz and someone said that an extra was working on Batman and went up to Bale and told him he was also from Wales and wanted to know what part he was from and Bale replied with Gotham in his gravely voice, lol.

 

[Foov]

That explosion was completely justified though. Some random stage worker walls on set and ruins a scene? I'd be pretty angry as well if I was a professional actor.

From what I remember it wasn't a random stage worker, but the films director of photography. And wasn't it that he didn't walk on set, but just walked within Bale's sightline?

 

[Union Carbine]

From the interviews I've read, Tom Hardy fucking loves dogs. Like, you start chatting up canines with him, and he absolutely gushes about them. Anyone who likes dogs really can't be that bad.

Yep. I've heard the same.

 

[Lys Skygge]

From what I remember it wasn't a random stage worker, but the films director of photography. And wasn't it that he didn't walk on set, but just walked within Bale's sightline?

Yeah it was the DP. Shane Hurlbut to be exact.

 

[Bold One]

CGIed his eyes, Patton Oswalt talks about filming Blade 3 and Snipes was a zilch. As for Heigl, she trashed Knocked Up and responded with the Ugly Truth and her own line of films that no one gave a damn about and of course, her drama with Shonda Rhimes.

The more you know.....

 

[Lashley]

Oh, and if anybody hasn't read Patton Oswalt's account of working with Wesley Snipes on Blade 3, you really need to look it up. It's hilarious.

Hahaha just read it

Wesley [Snipes] was just fucking crazy in a hilarious way. He wouldn’t come out of his trailer, and he would smoke weed all day. Which is fine with me, because I had all these DVDs that I wanted to catch up on. We were in Vancouver, and it was always raining. I kept the door to my trailer open to smell the evening rain while I was watching a movie. Then I remember one day on the set—they let everyone pick their own clothes—there was one black actor who was also kind of a club kid. And he wore this shirt with the word “Garbage” on it in big stylish letters. It was his shirt. And Wesley came down to the set, which he only did for close-ups. Everything else was done by his stand-in. I only did one scene with him. But he comes on and goes, “There’s only one other black guy in the movie, and you make him wear a shirt that says ‘Garbage?’ You racist motherfucker!”

And he tried to strangle the director, David Goyer. So later that night, Ron Perlman was in the city. Everyone who makes movies in Vancouver stays in the same hotel. It’s like an episode of The Love Boat. Every time the elevator stops, you’ve got a different celebrity getting on. Like, [announcer voice] “Hey, now we’ve got Danny Glover!” So we went out that night to some strip club, and we were all drinking. And there were a bunch of bikers there, so David says to them, “I’ll pay for all your drinks if you show up to set tomorrow and pretend to be my security.” Wesley freaked out and went back to his trailer. [Laughs.] And the next day, Wesley sat down with David and was like, “I think you need to quit. You’re detrimental to this movie.” And David was like, “Why don’t you quit? We’ve got all your close-ups, and we could shoot the rest with your stand-in.” And that freaked Wesley out so much that, for the rest of the production, he would only communicate with the director through Post-it notes. And he would sign each Post-it note “From Blade.” [Laughs.]

Probably why Blade 3 was so bad, though.

AVC: If you were trying to be in character all the time as a vampire killer, being high all the time might not help.

PO: A lot of the lines that Ryan Reynolds has were just a result of Wesley not being there. We would all just think of things for him to say and then cut to Wesley’s face not doing anything because that’s all we could get from him. It was kind of funny. We were like, “What are the worst jokes and puns that we can say to this guy?” And then it would just be his face going, “Mmm.” “Smiles are contagious.” It’s so, so dumb. [Laughs.] That was an example of a very troubled shoot that we made fun. You have to find a way to make it fun.

AVC: In a weird sort of way, it sounds like Wesley Snipes united the production against himself. Everyone had a common enemy.

PO: Everyone was just like, “This is going to be such a great story.” I’m in this business for two reasons: the money and the anecdotes. That’s all I want. I either want to do the best films or the fucking worst films. I don’t want to do the “eh” film.

AVC: Well, the second Blade movie is great.

PO: Yeah, the first Blade is fucking genius. That, more than anything, is what really put forth the idea of vampires as exclusive, high-tier night-clubbers who are young and beautiful forever. They took that idea done clumsily in Lost Boys and really made it amazing.

 

[Log4Girlz]

The Queen:

Katherine Heigl

Had to google search

 

[Lashley]

But that got us one of the best fight scenes.

That was because they filmed all day and couldn't get it right. Wasn't Ford being a dick, he adlibbed it, I believe.

Great scene though.

 

[KHarvey16]

I have a friend that often works as a special extra in movies, his personal shitlist is Anne Hathaway and (sorry folks) Morgan Freeman.

This Morgan Freeman story from Jonah Hill makes me laugh every time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKK8OVcw_Yo#t=20s

 

[Switch Back 9]

If I'm remembering correctly Mike Myers pretty much tanked his whole career with his shitty behaviour, how he would never get on well with the people he worked with and often led to him cutting off all contact after finishing a project. Word of mouth spread and now no one wants to work with him anymore.

Completely anecdotal, but a landscaping crew I worked with in and around Toronto did some work for Mike Myers a few years ago. These guys were huge fans, especially given his history with loving hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Anyway, turns out he's quite a jerk in real life. Didn't want anyone talking to him or looking at him, and if he came home or anything while they were still there they had to immediately drop whatever they were doing and leave. Completely turned a group of fans against him with the way he acted.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

I'm from germany so I start with

Klaus Kinski

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75ADI9p2wHY


Genius and madness....

Had to look up what this tantrum was about because I don't speak a lick of German.

...the fucking food? The food?

Also lol

According to Herzog, he exploited these tensions: in a scene in which the ship's crew is eating dinner while surrounded by the natives, the clamor the chief incites over Fitzcarraldo was inspired by their hatred of Kinski.

 

[Lashley]

My favourite Brando story was on the island of doctor moraue. He legendarily refused to learn his lines, so at one point they gave him an ear piece attached to a radio, where someone would read his lines over a walkie talkie and he would repeat them. So anyway sometimes his ear piece would pick up police transmissions, so in the middle of a scene he would start repeating scanner codes. "With my creations I can change their very nature of man......Theres a 10-25 up on Shapesphere lane, do you copy?". Lol, a serious version of Ron Burgandy Brando was.

Ahahahaha no fucking way

This is amazing

 

[SeanC]

Heigl and her mother/manager/producer are notoriously difficult to work with. Though I haven't heard a lot of either lately in terms of how they acted on a set etc...mabye they've decided to reel back a bit I don't know.

A lot of times when I hear someone is "difficult" it's usually one encounter by one person, but I've heard enough about Heigl from different people over the years so it's kind of where that's at.

Others include Bruce Willis, January Jones, Norton and Chevy.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

I don't know, Bale didn't look that buff in American Hustle.

You know, I had completely focused on the super thin end and completely forgotten about gaining fat being a thing. To be entirely fair, my hidden idea is / was that fat can hide muscle whereas atrophied muscle is just not there at all. The difference between six-pack and fat is not as severe as the atrophied version and Batman, since human bodies are basically 'made' to vary between fat and non-fat with the seasons. Or at least human evolution allows for this behavior as a side-effect, since obviously you wouldn't need this if you lived near the equator. It's still taxing to do, but not 'that' extreme.
But yeah, I had completely forgotten about that one as far as 'not buff' goes. I kind of forgot the entire movie too, despite seeing it.

 

[injurai]

You know, I had completely focused on the super thin end and completely forgotten about gaining fat being a thing. To be entirely fair, my hidden idea is / was that fat can hide muscle whereas atrophied muscle is just not there at all. The difference between six-pack and fat is not as severe as the atrophied version and Batman, since human bodies are basically 'made' to vary between fat and non-fat with the seasons. Or at least human evolution allows for this behavior as a side-effect, since obviously you wouldn't need this if you lived near the equator. It's still taxing to do, but not 'that' extreme.
But yeah, I had completely forgotten about that one as far as 'not buff' goes. I kind of forgot the entire movie too, despite seeing it.

Have you seen Russel Crowe lately?

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Can you blame willis?

Yes.

 

[Dalek]

Another great one is when Rob Scheider was working with Steven Seagal on a movie. Rob was walking by Seagal's trailer and Seagal came out and looked very moved. Rob asked what was wrong.

Seagal: "I just read....the greatest screenplay...I've ever read.
Scheider: "Really? Wow, that's amazing-who wrote it?"
Seagal: "......I did.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2B9jyZTp4w

 

[Travo]

Harrison Ford keeps wanting to change the script and suggesting ideas. And that's when he doesn't flat out refuse to do a fight scene because he needs to take a shit.

Lol

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Doug Liman is hard to work with. There's a great article from The New Yorker on him.

On the set of Bourne, Damon was the bridge between Liman and Universal when it came to communication. Head of Universal threatened Liman that he would never work again, and he took that threat seriously.

On the set of Mr and Mrs Smith, Jolie got pissed about how a scene should play out. There's a video of the scene on YouTube somewhere.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Not an actor but David O. Russell is supposedly really difficult, and that video with him losing it with Lily Tomlin seems to prove it.

I heard Tommy Lee Jones is also rough to work with. I think Jim Carrey said something that during the filming of Batman Forever he wouldn't talk to him.

Also I think Chevy Chase being an asshole is mostly known knowledge.

While promoting his upcoming Dumb and Dumber To, Jim Carrey appeared on Howard Stern's show for a lengthy interview. About 55 minutes in, talk turns to Carrey's time playing the Riddler in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever, in which Tommy Lee Jones co-starred as Two-Face. Well, it turns out Jones was less than thrilled to be sharing scenes with the comedian, and wasn't shy about letting Carrey know. According to Carrey, Jones said to his face:

"I hate you. I really don't like you…I cannot sanction your buffoonery."

Article

 

[RetrospectiveLamb]

First thing I thought of was when Christian Bale went crazy on the Terminator set. I've heard the true divas are the musicians

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

I feel like Ed Norton played himself in Birdman, perfection.

Yeah, don't think there was a more perfect fit for that role, I'm surprised he wasn't nominated for that also

Loved that movie

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Apparently the reason Snipes acted the way he did on that movie.

Was because there was an attempt to have Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds replace him.

In the end no one won that battle.

Yeah, Blade 3 was a pretty obvious backdoor pilot for a spin-off movie based on the Ryan Reynolds character.

Hollywood's been trying to make that guy happen for over a decade.

 

[hollomat]

Look at his post hulk work. He torpedoed his own career.

He was in the film that won the Oscar for best film in 2014. Wouldn't call that torpedoing his career.

 

[LakeEarth]

dafuq is happening here?

CG eyes. Wesley Snipes refused to open them.

 

[Staccat0]

Emile Hirsch is an annoying cunt.

I feel like Ed Norton played himself in Birdman, perfection.

That was certainly part of the joke. See also, Micheal Keaton.

 

[Hands of Stone]

Well he's a strict professional, he probably doesn't talk about scientology to his cast mates. I've never heard anyone say anything bad about him, and I heard during war of the worlds a huge crowd gathered to watch them film a sequence, and while they were setting everything up he went out and said hey to everyone and signed autographs.

For all the shit he gets his way, Cruise is a damn fine actor. Collateral probably being my favorite film of his.

 

[Log4Girlz]

For all the shit he gets his way, Cruise is a damn fine actor. Collateral probably being my favorite film of his.

Nobody plays Tom Cruise as well as Tom Cruise does. Nobody.

 

[kurahador]

I have a friend that often works as a special extra in movies, his personal shitlist is Anne Hathaway and (sorry folks) Morgan Freeman.

Mind elaborate more?

 

[Radogol]

I'd do all of that too. Shit script? Lemme help. Gotta take a shit? Fuck off I'm taking a shit.

To be fair, the movie was better for it.

And they all needed to take a shit very badly. John Rhys Davies did actually shit himself while shooting, that's how serious the problem was.

 

[JehutyRunner]

I heard Tommy Lee Jones is also rough to work with. I think Jim Carrey said something that during the filming of Batman Forever he wouldn't talk to him.

"I hate you. I really don't like you…I cannot sanction your buffoonery."

The last part is my go2phrase.

 

[Bold One]

Nobody plays Tom Cruise as well as Tom Cruise does. Nobody.

thats because despite his shortcomings, Cruise knows that he is blessed

unless I am wrong and there are stories of his ass holery on set

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

thats because despite his shortcomings, Cruise knows that he is blessed

unless I am wrong and there are stories of his ass holery on set

He's a weird-ass dude and directors (particularly Spielberg) can get annoyed with his insistence to do his own stunts (because they don't want to lose their star/be known for killing Tom Cruise), but beyond that I can't recall ever hearing anything bad about him. Seems to be genuinely pleasant. Could have missed something though, I suppose.

Also, here is a list:

http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-of-the-nicest-celebrities-to-work-with/?view=all

I thought Ellen was kind of hard to work with during the Oscars, not sure about it tho.

I've heard she's pretty much certifiable when it comes to hair.

 

[MadmanUK]

I remember a story about the Shia knocking out Tom Hardy after they'd had a brief argument on the set of ... Lawless?

Shia couldn't knock out a wank (I've never seen Nymphomaniac).

 

[dapperbandit]

Hahaha just read it


Probably why Blade 3 was so bad, though.

This is hilarious but...what happens to these people? I cannot fathom how someone could be so useless on set.

 

[nel e nel]

I thought the Edward Norton rumors were debunked? It's that he's more into his activism work and picking projects he's passionate about, not doing anything that will move his career forward.

 

[Symphonia]

Article

Tommy Lee Jones always seemed a bit of a dick to me.

This article confirms it.

 

[DeSo]

"I cannot sanction your buffoonary" is such a great line.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Oh, Quentin Tarantino (he's done a fair bit of acting), god that guy is so obnoxious and juvenile. I like most of his films (I really dug H8) but the way he talks to people in public, and lots of the interviews he's given just show the guy is unbearable, he talks in person like he writes, y'know he swears a lot and tries to say overly clever things that just make you sound like an asshole.

I've always heard his sets are great to work on.

 

[Leona Lewis]

January Jones

She can play the role of ice-cold bitch like no one else, but I've heard nothing but good things about her on-set professionalism.

 

[TheExecutive]

Looking at all these names maybe the thread should have been about what actors are easy to work with so we could focus a little more.