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Controversial acting typically involves performances or roles that spark debate, disagreement, or strong reactions among audiences, critics, or the public. It often challenges social norms, cultural expectations, or ethical boundaries, pushing the limits of what is considered acceptable or appropriate in entertainment. Such acting can be characterized by its provocative nature, addressing taboo subjects, or portraying characters that are morally ambiguous or highly polarizing. Controversial acting can provoke discussions on important issues but may also attract criticism or backlash for its perceived insensitivity or lack of regard for societal sensitivities.
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00:00Get out!
00:01Is it something I said?
00:03You've ruined my life!
00:04You've ruined my career!
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:07And today we're looking at actors that have an infamous reputation for complaining,
00:12hostility towards other cast members,
00:14or just generally being difficult to work with.
00:16I guess to give them to you is just throwing them away.
00:21Number 30, Dustin Hoffman.
00:23There's no denying that Dustin Hoffman has been in some great films,
00:27and is one of the greatest actors of his generation.
00:29And he has a whole bunch of awards and nominations to prove it.
00:32However, his dedication to his craft has often come at the expense of a favorable work environment for those on set with him.
00:39He's been known to argue with directors and demand extra takes to get it perfect.
00:44Sometimes both things have happened where he just doesn't want to do it the way I want it to be done,
00:49and I just refuse to do it the way he would prefer it to be done.
00:53Then there's Meryl Streep.
00:55Hoffman starred opposite Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer,
00:58and on one of the first takes, he slapped her without warning.
01:01Hoffman has since discussed his performance on set as possibly acting out, quote,
01:06stuff that I was feeling toward the wife that I was divorcing in real life.
01:10We were shooting the scene, and I was properly upset, I thought,
01:15and I was getting my stuff together and walked out in the hallway,
01:18and he looked at me and he slapped me as hard as he could.
01:22Who? Dustin?
01:23Dustin.
01:24Number 29, January Jones.
01:26After her turn as Betty Draper on Mad Men made her a household name,
01:29there was a feeling that January Jones was set up for stardom.
01:33And while she has continued to work since then,
01:35her star has never reached the previously expected heights.
01:39So the question is why?
01:41And while there are probably multiple factors,
01:43the easy answer many go to is Jones' reputation for being difficult to work with.
01:49Everybody brush your teeth and go to bed.
01:51I'm hungry.
01:53You're going to bed.
01:54That reputation is often linked to a comment from actor Jared Gilmore.
01:58Gilmore played Jones' son on Mad Men until 2011,
02:02and when he left the show had this to say about his TV mom, quote,
02:06She's not as approachable as the others.
02:08She's really serious about what she does.
02:10Everyone else is so nice.
02:12Bobby, what did I just say?
02:14It was an accident.
02:16You don't listen.
02:17Number 28, Lindsay Lohan.
02:19You're like really pretty.
02:21Thank you.
02:22So you agree?
02:23What?
02:24You think you're really pretty.
02:25Oh, I don't know.
02:27Everyone's favorite adorable actress from Mean Girls and other movies
02:31has had quite the infamous party streak,
02:33and it's interfered with her acting career on countless occasions.
02:37Great, I'm being carjacked by my own car.
02:39Like Charlie Sheen, Lohan does not know how to quit.
02:42And her partying and lavish lifestyle have apparently often resulted in Lilo being late for work
02:48and or too hungover to concentrate, if she shows up at all.
02:52Do you hear that?
02:54It's nothing.
02:56The Canyon's director, Paul Schrader, has called her attitude, quote,
02:59unspeakable, and quite frankly, it's not that difficult to see why.
03:03I don't, what happened, I don't get, I don't understand.
03:06What do you mean something happened?
03:08With her life and career seemingly on the upswing,
03:11we hope that Lohan has put that behavior behind her.
03:14Number 27, Russell Crowe.
03:16In discussing Russell Crowe's reputation for being hard to work with,
03:19director Curtis Hansen said, quote,
03:21what I speculate is that he's difficult when he's not trusting.
03:24Well, if that's true, then it would appear that Crowe doesn't trust a whole lot of people.
03:29He fights his directors and he fights his fans.
03:31It's a problem no one understands.
03:33If there's two things he loves, it's fighting and...
03:36Fighting round the world.
03:38That list would run from the hotel concierge,
03:41whom he allegedly hit in the face with a thrown telephone,
03:44to the producer on Gladiator, whom he threatened to kill with his bare hands.
03:48Crowe has provided audiences with hours of enjoyment through his movies,
03:52but when it comes to his temper, no, Russell, we are not entertained.
03:56Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained?
04:01Number 26, Faye Dunaway.
04:03Faye Dunaway is a Hollywood legend,
04:05but unfortunately she appears to be just as legendary for her ugly attitude
04:10as for her iconic roles.
04:12You better take me home now.
04:14Now don't you touch me!
04:18All right, all right.
04:20If all you want's a stud service, you get on back to West Dallas
04:23and you stay there the rest of your life.
04:25And if the stories are true, no one is safe from Ms. Dunaway's wrath.
04:29For example, there's the Pottery Barn employee
04:32who claims Dunaway called her a, quote, effing moron,
04:35and the Broadway wig designer's assistant who got her hand slapped
04:38when Dunaway didn't like, quote, how the hairpins were being presented.
04:42Even other actors aren't safe.
04:44According to James Woods, Dunaway once threw something at him
04:47because he ad-libbed a line during a take.
04:49And while she's denied it, it's been alleged that she threw her urine
04:53in Roman Polanski's face after he asked her to wait to take a bathroom break.
04:57No wire hangers!
05:04What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you
05:08no wire hangers ever?
05:12Number 25, Patrick Dempsey.
05:14You took advantage of me and now you want to forget about it.
05:16I did not.
05:17I was drunk, vulnerable, and good-looking, and you took advantage.
05:19The end of Derek Shepard's run on Grey's Anatomy was a sad moment for fans.
05:23But it would appear that it was much more of a relief
05:26for many who had to work with actor Patrick Dempsey on the show,
05:29especially near the end of his run.
05:31Dempsey had a lot of power by then.
05:33And according to one producer, quote,
05:35some cast members had all sorts of PTSD with him.
05:38He had this hold on the set where he knew he could stop production
05:42and scare people.
05:43He would complain about working late
05:45when others had been there way longer than him,
05:47and the tension between him and Ellen Pompeo was palpable.
05:50McDreamy had become McDifficult,
05:52which led him to becoming McDead.
05:55I'm a doctor.
05:57Dr. Grey.
05:59I'm a surgeon just like my husband was.
06:01I know how this works.
06:02You've waited the requisite number of hours,
06:04and now you can officially declare him dead.
06:07Number 24, Julia Roberts.
06:09As one of the biggest movie stars of the 90s and 2000s,
06:12Julia Roberts was known by fans for her acting ability
06:15and her big smile.
06:16However, among those who worked in the movie business,
06:19she was also known for being, shall we say,
06:21less than pleasant to work with.
06:23The hostile relationship between her and Nick Nolte
06:26on the set of I Love Trouble has been well documented.
06:28That was quite a performance you gave last night.
06:31You weren't bad yourself.
06:32But the tears.
06:34Great for the Academy Award caliber.
06:37Thank you, I try.
06:38But there have been reports of Roberts
06:40not getting along with many other actors she's worked with,
06:43from Hugh Grant to Meryl Streep.
06:45Roberts has conceded that her personality
06:47can come across as, quote,
06:48really harsh.
06:50Her harshness on the set of 1991's Hook
06:52even rubbed Steven Spielberg the wrong way
06:54and earned her the nickname Tinker Hell among the crew.
06:58Say it, Peter.
07:00Say it and mean it.
07:03I believe in fairies.
07:05Number 23, Mandy Patinkin.
07:07Prepare to die.
07:10While many of the actors mentioned
07:12probably don't think they deserve to be here,
07:15Mandy Patinkin would most likely be the first
07:17to add his own name to our list.
07:19Self-awareness is a great quality,
07:21and Patinkin has it when it comes to his behavior
07:23during the early years of his career.
07:25In 2013, Patinkin told the New York Times
07:28that he feels awful about how, quote,
07:30abominably he acted.
07:32He said, quote,
07:33We can only hope such a revelation
07:35has made Patinkin more pleasant to work with
07:37in more recent years.
07:39My name is Inigo Montoya.
07:41You killed my father.
07:43Prepare to die.
07:45Number 22, Jared Leto.
07:47You've heard the expression,
07:48there's method to his madness.
07:50Well, when it comes to Jared Leto,
07:52the madness comes from his method.
07:54Leto's method is that he doesn't do anything
07:56that he doesn't want to do.
07:58Leto's method is that he doesn't do anything
08:00that he doesn't want to do.
08:03Leto is a hardcore method actor,
08:05and as such, dives deeper and more fully
08:07into roles and characters than many actors would.
08:15On set, he is only referred to
08:17by his character's name.
08:19And Will Smith, who played Leto's enemy
08:21in Suicide Squad, said the two actors
08:23didn't speak at all, quote,
08:25outside of action and cut.
08:27While that could be less than enjoyable,
08:29it doesn't compare to Margot Robbie
08:31Davis' experience on the film,
08:33receiving a gift from Leto of a dead rat
08:35and a dead pig, respectively.
08:37I need a machine gun.
08:41A machine gun?
08:45Talk about a workplace romance gone wrong.
08:47Number 21, Bill Murray.
08:49Is this some radical new therapy?
08:51You see!
08:53Bill Murray has had a long career
08:55making great comedies, and managed to
08:57segue into dramatic roles as well.
08:59Unfortunately, over that long career,
09:01he's also managed to accumulate
09:03a long list of people with unpleasant
09:05stories about what it's like to work with him.
09:07Gina Davis has written about Murray
09:09forcing a massage device on her,
09:11and yelling derogatory things at her on set.
09:13Richard Dreyfuss said that a drunk Murray
09:15threw an ashtray at him while filming
09:17What About Bob, and a producer on that film
09:19has talked about Murray throwing her
09:21in a lake following a disagreement.
09:23Lucy Liu has also talked publicly about
09:25the, quote, inexcusable and unacceptable
09:27language Murray directed at her
09:29on the set of Charlie's Angels.
09:31Alex, you okay?
09:33She's having trouble with her secret identity pause.
09:35Aren't we all? Scoot.
09:37Number 20, Sybil Shepard.
09:39Those who came of age
09:41in the 70s, 80s, or 90s
09:43probably have multiple memories
09:45of watching Sybil Shepard on the big or small screen.
09:47And speaking of the small screen,
09:49most of the Sybil Shepard is difficult
09:51stories focus on her television career,
09:53her jealousy of her co-stars,
09:55and her diva attitude on set.
09:57Ready to go, Sybil?
09:59All set! Okay, any questions?
10:01Nope, but I would like to say
10:03how pleased I am to be working with a woman.
10:05It's a whole different kind of energy. It's so much more
10:07nurturing. Then you don't
10:09have any questions.
10:11While the 90s sitcom Sybil literally had her name
10:13on it, she has admitted to being envious
10:15of co-star Christine Baranski's Emmy win.
10:17And while her tension with Moonlighting
10:19co-star Bruce Willis is well known,
10:21her unlikeability went beyond him.
10:23Will you tell me what's going on?
10:25I don't know what's going on. The police want me for questioning.
10:27Do you want me to go with you? No!
10:29You want to think about it? Listen, I'll probably go
10:31home right afterwards. If I get any messages,
10:33call me. Otherwise, I'll see you in the morning.
10:35Rumor has it that she was so bad on set
10:37that some of the writers later wrote a CSI
10:39episode in which an actress, based on
10:41Shepard, is killed.
10:4319. Alec Baldwin
10:45You want to go out on those sits tonight and close,
10:47close, it's yours.
10:49Not, you're going to be shining my shoes.
10:51Alec Baldwin's difficulties with his
10:53daughter, paparazzi, and flight
10:55attendants have been well documented,
10:57and the stuff of many tabloid headlines
10:59over the years. But Baldwin's short temper
11:01and less-than-stellar attitude haven't
11:03just been reserved for family and airline
11:05employees. The actor has been
11:07known to bring said aggressive unpleasantness
11:09to work, and sick it on those in
11:11and around the set as well. Adam Bernstein
11:13was a director on 30 Rock for
11:15just six episodes. Why
11:17only six? It's been speculated
11:19that he didn't want to stick around very long after
11:21Baldwin threatened violence on him for holding
11:23up his thumbs to frame a shot. And
11:25another 30 Rock director, Paul
11:27Feig, called Baldwin the most difficult
11:29member of the cast to work with. I'm
11:31sorry, are you in some subconscious level
11:33seeing this as me toying with your manhood?
11:35Of course I am. I invented that.
11:3718. Steven
11:39Seagal The police are looking
11:41for you, but I'm gonna
11:43have to kill you first. It seems increasingly
11:45difficult for Seagal to find credible
11:47work these days. Lord knows it's
11:49been a long, hard minute since the last
11:51time he had a box office hit. That
11:53may have something to do with the fact that he's
11:55supposedly a nightmare on set.
11:57Not only is Seagal cited as being
11:59highly critical of others, he's also
12:01been known to physically intimidate cast
12:03members. And he akito'd me
12:05against a brick wall. Pow!
12:07Knocked all the air out
12:09of me. I was like, why?
12:11Why? Yeah. He
12:13purportedly slammed comedian John
12:15Guzamo against a wall simply for
12:17laughing at him. Because, you know,
12:19comedians aren't allowed to be funny.
12:21We'll put it this way. Henry Rollins has
12:23stated he'd rather drink latex paint
12:25than work with Seagal.
12:27If you thought you could save the world,
12:29but nobody would
12:31know it and you might have to give your life
12:33in doing it, would you do it?
12:3517. Charlie
12:37Sheen I'm by winning.
12:39I win here and I win there.
12:41Now what? While not in the spotlight
12:43recently, Charlie Sheen's personal life
12:45has been the subject of controversy for years,
12:47including domestic issues with his
12:49then-fiancee Kelly Preston,
13:01and his infamous drug addiction.
13:03You borrow my brain for five seconds
13:05and just be like, dude, can't handle it. Unplug
13:07this bastard. Therefore, it's not too
13:09much of a stretch to imagine just how difficult
13:11it would be to work with him. He also
13:13tells me Chuck Lorre is a loser
13:15and a clown and a whole lot worse than that.
13:17His substance abuse and disparaging
13:19comments about Chuck Lorre are apparently
13:21what got him fired from his career rejuvenating
13:23role on Two and a Half Men.
13:25Hello?
13:27Oh, hey, Alan. Come on in.
13:29We can't blame him entirely, though.
13:31If he really is a freaking rock star
13:33from Mars, they may have different sets of customs
13:35over there. I'm tapped out, Marv.
13:37American Express got a hitman looking for me.
13:39Number 16, Thomas Gibson.
13:41Alright, everybody write now. What's my
13:43worst quality?
13:47The former Criminal Minds actor-director
13:49was well-known for being a constant
13:51source of friction on set.
13:53Fellow cast members have claimed Gibson
13:55is highly demanding, requiring
13:57scheduling to revolve around his
13:59agenda. I love Thomas Gibson.
14:01I actually sent him a text
14:03when I found out what happened. Did he respond?
14:05No, he did not.
14:07Worse, however, is his temper.
14:09Gibson was fired from Criminal Minds
14:11in August 2016
14:13after the final straw in a string
14:15of controversial incidents.
14:17In 2010, he reportedly
14:19shoved an assistant director during a shoot.
14:21In 2013,
14:23he picked up a DUI, something
14:25producers were not pleased about.
14:27Then in 2016,
14:29Gibson allegedly kicked writer-producer
14:31Virgil Williams.
14:33I wouldn't have kept kicking, but I was afraid you didn't get my
14:35plans. An established pain
14:37in the ass, Criminal Minds simply
14:39decided to let Gibson go.
14:41It's not a request.
14:49Though he got his start in Hollywood and kids
14:51shows and blockbusters, Shia LaBeouf's growth
14:53into an artist and filmmaker surprised
14:55many. Over the years, he's made more than
14:57a few controversial remarks, engaged
14:59in what some would call publicity stunts,
15:01and according to some, he can
15:03also transform into a bit of a jerk.
15:09Shia is notorious for his temper
15:11and belligerent attitude, even leaving
15:13the Broadway production of Orphans he was slated
15:15to star in due to constant bickering and
15:17fights with his co-stars, especially
15:19Alec Baldwin.
15:34According to some, however,
15:36LaBeouf was just straight-up fired.
15:51Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock may have
15:53overcome their differences and become friends
15:55in the world of Star Trek, but that wasn't
15:57the case for the real-life relationship
15:59between actors William Shatner and
16:01Leonard Nimoy. Shatner was
16:03reportedly the jealous type, upset
16:05at the amount of fan mail Nimoy received
16:07and insecure over his
16:09importance to the show. Shatner
16:11apparently stole dialogue from Nimoy
16:13and other actors to elevate his own
16:15significance, and yet Nimoy
16:17was Shatner's best man at his fourth wedding.
16:23Shatner also apparently feuded with other actors
16:25on the series, though, like Nichelle Nichols
16:27and George Takei.
16:29Evidently obsessed with his own status,
16:31Shatner reportedly threw fits to
16:33make sure he was the center of attention
16:35and in control.
16:47Edward Norton is one of the
16:49finest actors in the industry,
16:51so it comes as no surprise that he takes
16:53his craft extremely seriously.
17:00We repeat, EXTREMELY
17:02seriously. In fact, Norton
17:04has a reputation for shadow directing.
17:08He sat in on the editing for American
17:10History X because he didn't trust
17:12Tony Kaye, and often clashed with the
17:14studio during The Incredible Hulk over
17:16creative differences.
17:22While the people behind the film said the
17:24dispute was blown out of proportion in the media
17:26and a promo tour was planned for the movie,
17:28Norton didn't do any promotion following
17:30its release. So, yes,
17:32by all accounts, he is that one employee
17:34who tells everyone else how to do his or her
17:36jobs.
17:46Even the most difficult of actors tends
17:48to make a few friends in the industry.
17:50And even if they don't, sometimes
17:52you can put up with the worst of the worst if
17:54they're simply that damn talented.
17:56And then sometimes you have people like
17:58Klaus Kinski, who was reportedly
18:00so difficult that nobody
18:02gave him a second chance.
18:07Though not a household name,
18:09the German actor appeared in over 100 films
18:11throughout his long career.
18:13Despite that extensive list, Kinski
18:15only ever worked with one director
18:17on multiple occasions.
18:19All the others refused to deal with him
18:21again. To put it bluntly,
18:23Kinski has been described as
18:26Prone to frequent blow-ups,
18:28there really is no comparison to his madness.
18:44While 2019's Hustlers was
18:46very well received, Lopez's earlier
18:48work didn't do wonders for her reputation.
18:55Although she's known as a very hard worker,
18:57Jenny from the block has been called
18:59out in the past for so-called
19:01diva behavior.
19:07She's been said to often make ridiculous
19:09demands, like numerous five-star
19:11hotel rooms to stay in, and her own
19:13private plane so she can travel in true
19:15diva style. All on someone else's dime
19:17of course.
19:26In the kicker,
19:28she refuses to perform if
19:30her demands are not met.
19:32We guess it's too bad her demands were met
19:34in the case of Gigli.
19:43It seems Terry Hatcher's behavior fit
19:45right in with Susan Meyer's. Hatcher,
19:47most known for her role as the desperate
19:49housewife, didn't have to change much of
19:51what's allegedly her personal character
19:53into the drama-filled world.
19:59Reports indicate that Hatcher was extremely
20:01cold to her co-stars on set, making
20:03even the easiest scenes uncomfortable
20:05to shoot. As an indicator of how
20:07poorly she meshed with her housewife's
20:09family, Hatcher was left out of
20:11an end-of-series gift from the ladies
20:13to the crew. The feud between Hatcher
20:15and the women was well-known to all involved
20:17with the show, so her snub came
20:19as a surprise to no one.
20:24Number 9. Catherine Heigl
20:28Catherine Heigl clearly hadn't heard
20:30the expression,
20:31don't bite the hand that feeds you,
20:33as that is exactly what she seemed to do
20:35in the past.
20:37After breaking into the mainstream
20:39with Knocked Up, Heigl went on record
20:41saying that she thought the movie was
20:43quote, a little sexist, and had a hard
20:45time enjoying it.
20:54The real irony here is that her
20:56treatment after speaking out may have
20:58been the result of sexism, and both
21:00Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow later made
21:02peace with the star. But then of course
21:04she wasn't a fan of Grey's Anatomy's
21:05writing either, and she supposedly
21:07annoyed co-workers on a daily basis
21:09due to wardrobe grievances and constant
21:11script complaints.
21:12It's just a job. It's just a job.
21:14It's the thing you come home from,
21:16not the thing you come home to,
21:17and if you lose your job,
21:19you get another one.
21:20Number 8. Lea Michele
21:33Don't sit there and assume the cast of
21:34Glee reflected its show's name when the
21:36cameras were not rolling. Rather,
21:38Lea Michele, who played one of the
21:39singing stars, Rachel Berry, apparently
21:41took on the cutthroat mentality of a
21:43real high school diva when it came to
21:45her behavior on set.
21:46Don't use the fact that Jesse and I
21:47once had feelings for each other as an
21:49excuse for my inevitable win.
21:50According to reports, Michele was rude
21:52to all involved with production, making
21:55the cast and crew stand around and wait
21:57extensively until she was ready to begin
21:59shooting. Crew members also claim
22:00Michele refused to speak to junior
22:02members of the Glee staff.
22:03On top of that, in 2020, Glee co-star
22:06Samantha Ware said Michele made her
22:08first television gig, quote,
22:10and described repeated instances of
22:12traumatic microaggressions towards the
22:14black actress.
22:22Number 7. Christian Bale
22:24Who doesn't remember Bale's eye-opening
22:26audio recording that came out publicly
22:28in 2009? The grainy 2008 recording
22:31exposed an incident on the set of
22:33Terminator Salvation, where Bale
22:35absolutely blew up at the film's director
22:38of photography, Shane Hurlbut, for
22:40walking into his line of vision during
22:42a scene.
22:46The recording is incredibly disturbing
22:48to hear, as Bale unleashes a vicious and
22:51unwarranted tirade on Hurlbut.
22:53But it's not just his volatile temper
22:55that makes Bale so hard to work with.
22:57He's a method actor, which means he
22:59fully invests himself in his characters.
23:02So when you work with Bale, you don't
23:04just get his craziness, you get the
23:06craziness of his characters too.
23:10Number 6. Sean Penn
23:19When it came out in early 2016 that
23:21infamous Mexican drug lord El Chapo met
23:24and interviewed with actor Sean Penn,
23:26the most reasonable question asked by
23:28the public was, why? What qualifications
23:31does Penn have?
23:37Well, if he were to respond to that
23:39question, we probably wouldn't be able
23:41to publish it due to explicit language
23:43and its overall awful message.
23:45Though known as a great actor, he is
23:47also famous for allegedly being
23:49incredibly rude and an overall jerk.
23:53And although they are indeed serious,
23:55we won't even discuss the allegations
23:57of domestic abuse lobbied against him,
23:59and instead, we're just going to focus
24:01on his very real identity as a nightmare
24:03to work with.
24:07Allegedly hostile and intimidating,
24:10he's not someone you want to share
24:12the screen with.
24:14Number 5. Mike Myers
24:20Pick your jaw up off the floor.
24:22We weren't expecting it either, but
24:24apparently this funny man is not nearly
24:26as fun as his characters.
24:32The Austin Power star has been constantly
24:34called, quote, moody and temperamental,
24:36and many complain about the degree of
24:38control Mike Myers feels he should be
24:40able to exhibit over the cast and crew.
24:44Many executives in the industry have
24:46simply refused to work with him,
24:47and rumor has it he even had a crew
24:49member fired for looking him in the eyes
24:51on a particularly bad day.
24:52Not groovy, baby.
25:01Number 4. Val Kilmer
25:05When you've had a career as long and as
25:07all-encompassing as Val Kilmer,
25:08there's a chance you've rubbed some
25:10people the wrong way.
25:15Many of Kilmer's ex-girlfriends have
25:17spoken of his eccentric behavior.
25:19This sentiment has been further mirrored
25:21by Joel Schumacher, who directed
25:23Kilmer in Batman Forever,
25:24calling his behavior towards a crew
25:26member, quote, rude, childish, and
25:28inappropriate.
25:31Kilmer supposedly fought with camera
25:33operators and the wardrobe department
25:35on set. Similar comments were made by
25:37Richard Stanley, a director who worked
25:38on The Island of Dr. Moreau,
25:40who claimed that, quote, Val would
25:42arrive and an argument would happen.
25:44Kilmer addressed his difficult-to-work-with
25:46reputation in a 2017 Reddit AMA,
25:49regretting his actions, saying he, quote,
25:51was often unhappy trying to make
25:53pictures better.
26:04You can't understand.
26:13Who hasn't Chevy Chase pissed off?
26:15Kindly regarded as perhaps the biggest
26:17grump in Hollywood, Chase has been
26:19described as an indefensible, cruelly
26:21vicious put-down artist.
26:26As early as his SNL days, Chase was
26:28burning bridges with the likes of John
26:30Belushi, Bill Murray, and the writers.
26:32He's talked serious smack about most
26:34big names in the industry. Some notables
26:36include Will Ferrell, Howard Stern,
26:38Kevin Smith, and Bill Maher.
26:40More recently, Chase destroyed the one
26:42good thing he had going with the cult
26:44classic show community.
26:51He heavily criticized the series and
26:53showrunner while he was still a cast
26:55member, and was known to have extremely
26:57offensive on-set tirades.
26:59We can't imagine Chase has many
27:01friends left.
27:10While some actors are blatantly difficult
27:12to work with, there are others who are
27:14much more subtle, and perhaps no one
27:16played that role better than Joan Crawford.
27:19An undeniably beautiful woman, Crawford
27:21gained a reputation throughout Hollywood
27:23for using her body to control others.
27:26A master manipulator, Crawford sparked
27:28problems with cast members by reportedly
27:30sleeping around with fellow actors and
27:32directors. In arguably the most notorious
27:35feud in Hollywood history, Crawford
27:37developed an intense hatred for Betty
27:39Davis, who reciprocated the loathsome
27:42sentiment.
27:51Keeping a character, the beef developed
27:53after Crawford stole Betty's love,
27:55Franchot Tone. It's an unwritten rule to
27:58keep your hands away from what's not
28:00yours, but Crawford never played by the
28:02rules.
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28:22You know that one employee who just
28:24doesn't give a crap, always does
28:26whatever he wants and never listens to
28:28the boss? In Hollywood, that man was
28:30Marlon Brando.
28:41Brando was notorious for ignoring
28:43direction, and he wouldn't even memorize
28:45his lines, preferring instead to just
28:47wing it during filming. He was also
28:49deeply methodical about his acting, which
28:51greatly alienated many people when the
28:53cameras were not rolling.
29:20It must have worked though, because
29:22Brando is known today as one of the
29:24greatest actors ever.
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