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[Dash_Riprock]

Nathan Lane is supposedly pretty bad.

I read a similar thread as this on Reddit and someone related a time they and some friends were at Sundance (or some similar film festival) and saw Lane coming out of a screening, they went over to him and were like "We're big fans, we love your work" etc. and he just yells to the sky "WILL SOMEONE GET THESE FUCKING KIDS AWAY FROM ME?!" and storms off.

I just pictured him saying that now I can't stop laughing.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

But that got us one of the best fight scenes.

Bad guy thought he was doing a lightsaber fight from the Prequel Trilogy.

 

[Lashley]

More great Steven Seagal stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cUNU8GkMso

I love this.

I LOVE the story about him reading this screenplay and saying it was the best ever, and he was moved.

And when asked who wrote it, he replies "I did."

 

[weshes195]

Professional actors are better than the rest of us though.

At acting... Which if the extra was saying the lines wrong or trying to improv, then it would at least make sense.

But if she needed someone to edit a video, can I look down at her and treat her like scum?

I assuming you are trolling/joking/sarcastic. Especially since many (most) celebrities turn out to be scumbags or even downright sick people (Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Sean Penn, Rick James, etc...).

 

[Loxley]

I love this.

I LOVE the story about him reading this screenplay and saying it was the best ever, and he was moved.

And when asked who wrote it, he replies "I did."

The best thing about Steven Seagal is his amazing IMDB biography which he clearly wrote himself:

Steven Seagal is a striking and somewhat boyishly handsome looking (often with ponytail) and usually impeccably dressed action star who burst onto the martial arts film scene in 1988 in the fast-paced Warner Bros. film Above the Law (1988).
...

Ovitz saw star value in the imposing-looking Seagal. The high-octane action movie genre was in full swing in the late 1980s, and Seagal's debut movie, "Above the Law", was wildly received by action fans and actually received some complimentary critical reviews. He followed up "Above the Law" with another slam-bang thriller, Hard to Kill (1990), as a cop shot in an ambush by the mob who revives from a coma to take his revenge. The movie also starred Seagal's wife at the time, leggy Kelly LeBrock, who was married to him from 1987 to 1996 and is the mother of three of his children. His next outing was battling voodoo-using Jamaican drug "posses" in the hyper-violent Marked for Death (1990), before returning to fight psychotic mob gangster William Forsythe in the even more punishing Out for Justice (1991). Seagal was by now enormously popular, and his next movie, the big-budgeted Under Siege (1992), set aboard the battleship USS Missouri and also starring Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, was arguably his best film to date, impressing both fans and critics alike.

Seagal's fighting style was rather different from that of other on-screen martial arts dynamos such as Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, who were predominantly fighters from striking arts background such as karate or tang soo do. However, aikido is built around using an opponent's inertia and body weight to employ various locks, chokes and holds that incapacitate him. Seagal carries himself differently, too, and often appears wearing Italian designer clothes and usually favors an all-black outfit, generally with a three-quarter-length coat with an elaborate trim. Additionally, Seagal's on-screen characters were often seemingly benign or timid individuals; however, when the going gets rough they reveal themselves to be deadly ex-CIA operatives, or retired Special Forces soldiers capable of enormous destruction!

...

Unbeknownst to many, in 1997 Seagal publicly announced that one of his Buddhist teachers, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, had accorded Seagal as a tulku, the reincarnation of a Buddhist Lama. This initial announcement was met with some disbelief until Penor Rinpoche himself gave a confirmation statement on Seagal's new title. Seagal has repeatedly discussed his involvement in Buddhism and how he devotes many hours studying and meditating this ancient Eastern religion.

While his box-office appeal has somewhat declined from his halcyon blockbusters of the mid-'90s, Seagal still has a very loyal fan base in the action movie genre and continues to remain a highly bankable star.

 

[z3phon]

Why was your friend calling her "Anne" like they know each other personally?

Do you address everyone you work with as Mr/Ms and their full name?

 

[Currygan]

The best thing about Steven Seagal is his amazing IMDB biography which he clearly wrote himself:

ahahahaaa

thus is Steve Guttenberg level of fake bio

 

[Lashley]

The best thing about Steven Seagal is his amazing IMDB biography which he clearly wrote himself:

Hahahaha it definitely reads that way, for whatever reason my grandmother finds him very attractive. Think my mum did too.

 

[NYR]

My friend plays the hotel manager in Bride Wars and there was an insert scene of his receiving a cheque from Anne. Usually they get an extra to do scenes like this rather than the star becuse you only see the hands. However for this shot they used my friend and Anne and all the had to do was hold the cheque. It took a long time to set up the shot and they had to keep holding the cheque, so my friend decided to lighten the mood;

Friend: You know I can probably hold this by myself, it's not so heavy it needs two of us
Anne (shouting to producer on the set) He talking to me, he's not supposed to talk to me!
Friend: sorry Anne I was just trying to make a joke
Anne: HE'S TALKING TO ME AGAIN!

Stuff like this is really believable when you read shit about her like this:

http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/11/anne-hathaway-sent-back-breakfast-eggs/

 

[gogosox82]

Every time? It's the first time I read something like this about her.

There's a ton of stories about her acting like this.

There's one about Hathaway being mad about Amanda Seyfried and her wearing the same dress when she was hosting the oscars and Amanda Seyfried ending up leaving the rehearsal because she didn't want to deal with Hathway's crap.

There's one about Hathaway demanding not to be talked to when she was supposed to be given an award at a charity event.

There's one about her sending food back because she changed her mind and just wanted something different.

You can't ever verify if these stories are true but every time I hear these stories I tend to believe them about her.

 

[Dalek]

Krysten Ritter, I have heard from people, can be a real bear on set.

 

[mariachi507]

Isn't Michael Cera hard to work with?

Evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0KW4ESrZu0

Here's another bit where Cera is "fired" from knocked up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJu7ruxTFI

 

[RustyNails]

The best thing about Steven Seagal is his amazing IMDB biography which he clearly wrote himself:

I would believe that, except I doubt Steven Segal being able to write big words with such eloquence and perfect grammar and punctuation. I'd imagine on his best day he would write like youtube comments.

 

[nicanica]

About Keanu Reeves, the guy has had quite a tough personal life but apparently it's just made him a better person. Any stories you hear about him doing good things on his film sets or with his money are probably true. I found this out by complete accident a while ago and it was one of those times where you look at someone in a completely different way from now on.

Also, Tommy Lee Jones is awesome.

I hate this post. I cannot sanction this buffoonery.

 

[TrAcEr_x90]

That cera clip can't be real

 

[xxracerxx]

That cera clip can't be real

It isn't

 

[Snakethesniper]

That cera clip can't be real

I think it's a recurring joke to depict Cera as a bad guy, even in "This is the end" where the actors act as themself, Cera is depicted as a bad guy lol

 

[foxtrot3d]

I just pictured him saying that now I can't stop laughing.

Nathan Lane is supposedly pretty bad.

I read a similar thread as this on Reddit and someone related a time they and some friends were at Sundance (or some similar film festival) and saw Lane coming out of a screening, they went over to him and were like "We're big fans, we love your work" etc. and he just yells to the sky "WILL SOMEONE GET THESE FUCKING KIDS AWAY FROM ME?!" and storms off.

Agreed. I could totally see him doing this.

 

[Knastluder]

When Kinski died one of his daughters celebrated his death similiar to a big birthday party. As mentioned before watch "My best fiend" and "Please, kill Mr Kinski".

 

[Dash_Riprock]

When Kinski died one of his daughters celebrated his death similiar to a big birthday party. As mentioned before watch "My best fiend" and "Please, kill Mr Kinski".

Well thats what happens when you rape your daughters.

 

[LittleBoots]

Bruce Willis is one that I can think of.

I had a theater arts professor in college who used to bartend with Bruce Willis when they were both pursuing acting careers. He said Bruce was kind of an egotistical douche.

 

[SchrodingerC]

At least Brando in The Island of Doctor Moreau was an amazing kind of crazy, unlike Kilmer who was an egotistical shit. Clashing with the director, other actors + Brando, the extras, changing parts, and just being a douche in general.
He deserved his fall from fame.

 

[LakeEarth]

I've heard some things about Chris Parnell, but he keeps showing up in movies by other SNL cast members so he couldn't be that bad.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Kevin Smith bitching about Bruce Willis is hilarious when you watch this video detailing Smith's experience working on Die Hard 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui4Z1h7PG5s

Willis is basically being the same jerkass he was to Smith, except to other people and not to him. Its weird how Smith didn't thunk Willis somehow wouldn't be an asshole to him too, he should have seen the warning signs.

lol I love that story "The ones that yell Die Hard are the worst"

 

[Interficium]

Ex-GF worked in the entertainment press.

Krysten Ritter is a sweetheart, despite the fact that she's always been cast in mean girl/bitch roles.

Jon Stewart has a huge messiah complex, weird/manipulative incidents with black/female writers on the Daily Show over the years and tried to bust up unions on his own show despite pretending to be a staunch liberal.

Keifer Sutherland is an insane person on tons of cocaine (80s-90s) or booze (00s-current)

Most of the other ones I remember have been said in this thread. There's not a lot of "secret assholes" in Hollywood since almost everyone down to waiters and bellhops are trying to get "into the industry," and word of asshole behavior travels FAST.

 

[Jharp]

Jon Stewart has a huge messiah complex, weird/manipulative incidents with black/female writers on the Daily Show over the years and tried to bust up unions on his own show despite pretending to be a staunch liberal.

I remember that whole Wyatt Cenac thing getting kind of weird a few months back when he was on WTF, but I guess they buried the hatchet before his last episode on Daily. What other stories are there?

 

[Dalek]

Ex-GF worked in the entertainment press.

Krysten Ritter is a sweetheart, despite the fact that she's always been cast in mean girl/bitch roles.

Jon Stewart has a huge messiah complex, weird/manipulative incidents with black/female writers on the Daily Show over the years and tried to bust up unions on his own show despite pretending to be a staunch liberal.

Keifer Sutherland is an insane person on tons of cocaine (80s-90s) or booze (00s-current)

Most of the other ones I remember have been said in this thread. There's not a lot of "secret assholes" in Hollywood since almost everyone down to waiters and bellhops are trying to get "into the industry," and word of asshole behavior travels FAST.

Glad to know I heard wrong about Ritter.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Threads like these remind me that Keanu Reeves is an amazing human being for going through the shit he has gone through, being so nice to the folks nobody tends to fight for in movies, and just being a down to earth guy with his fans and strangers.

I remember watching a video of like two guys coming up to him in a gas station looking to start an argument and he's so respectful and likable he wins them over by the end of the video.

 

[Kain]

Threads like these remind me that Keanu Reeves is an amazing human being for going through the shit he has gone through, being so nice to the folks nobody tends to fight for in movies, and just being a down to earth guy with his fans and strangers.

I remember watching a video of like two guys coming up to him in a gas station looking to start an argument and he's so respectful and likable he wins them over by the end of the video.

Didn't he donate most of his huge salary from the Matrix sequels to the FX and specialists team? We are talking about millions of dollars here.

Usually I treat these "good people" stories involving actors and such with an eye roll just for the fact that they are stupidly rich people giving scraps to poor bastards, but Keanu sounds genuinely great and down to earth, like any good friend we could have. And he is John fucking Wick to boot.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Unless you fall asleep on his set.

That doesn't seem unreasonable.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

There's a ton of stories about her acting like this.

There's one about Hathaway being mad about Amanda Seyfried and her wearing the same dress when she was hosting the oscars and Amanda Seyfried ending up leaving the rehearsal because she didn't want to deal with Hathway's crap.

There's one about Hathaway demanding not to be talked to when she was supposed to be given an award at a charity event.

There's one about her sending food back because she changed her mind and just wanted something different.

You can't ever verify if these stories are true but every time I hear these stories I tend to believe them about her.

Man disappointing if true (probably is) :/

 

[ogbg]

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

I always find it funny that he does that rant in an American accent. Here's him apologising in his normal accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poqXvE4Sf_A

 

[SpaceWolf]

Not surprised to hear all the Anne Hathaway horror stories.