15 Actors And Directors Who Hated Working With Each Other

What's fascinating about actor-director quarrels is how easy it is to remain silent about them. No one really gets along with anyone all the time, and having a large group of creative people working in a small space will inevitably lead to some messy conflict. Now you know truly toxic environments have emerged when a little off-camera anger breaks out off the set and then into the public record.

Actors and directors have a reputation for being erratic. Some leading performers believe they can do whatever they want as they're the face of the film, whilst some filmmakers believe they are the ones in charge. This frequently results in a power struggle among the project group.

Therefore, which actors and directors didn't get along during their time on set?

Because movies take months, if not years, to make, artistic differences and personality clashes have plenty of time to escalate into heated arguments and physical altercations. As seen by these 15 examples of performers and directors who couldn't stand each other.

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JULIA ROBERTS & STEVEN SPIELBERG CRACKED.COM Her difficult on-set presence earned the nickname Tinkerhell by 'Hook' production staff. Spielberg knew she was dealing with a break up with Kiefer Sutherland, and said it was an unfortunate time for us to work together, before stating that he wouldn't make a movie with Roberts again. — Source: thethings

14

GEORGE CLOONEY & DAVID O RUSSELL CRACKED.COM Clooney called 1999's 'Three Kings'Truly, without exception, the worst experience of my life. Director David о Russell's abusive behavior towards the crew and extras led to a physical altercation between the two. In 2004, Clooney said, Quite honestly, if he comes near me, I'll sock him right in the fucking mouth. — Source: consequence

13

BRUCE WILLIS & KEVIN SMITH CRACKED.COM With multiple clashes on their 2010 film 'Cop Out', director Kevin Smith described Bruce Willis as unhappy, bitter, and mean. Willis was disruptive on set, telling Smith, I'm Bruce Willis, and I've been doing this for 25 years very successfully. Please don't put your loser stink on me. — Source: eightieskids

12

BILL MURRAY & HAROLD RAMIS CRACKED.COM Director Harold Ramis and Bill Murray's friendship collapsed on 1993's 'Groundhog Day' when Ramis grabbed Murray by the shirt collar and threw him against a wall during a heated creative dispute. They didn't speak for two decades, but when Ramis was ill in 2010, they reconciled and became friends again for the final 4 years of Ramis' life. — Source: pagesix

11

CHEVY CHASE & CHRIS COLUMBUS RIK CRACKED.COM On 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation', Chase's nasty behavior led to director Chris Columbus quitting, and being replaced with Jeremiah Chechik. To be completely honest, Chevy treated me like dirt. I called John Hughes and said there's no way I can do this movie. I know I need to work but I can't do it with this guy. — Source: eightieskids

10

KATE WINSLET & JAMES CAMERON CRACKED.COM Winslet described 'Titanic' as grueling. She suffered from hypothermia in the ocean scene, caught her coat on a gate and almost drowned in another, and got no sympathy from director James Cameron. She said, Не has a temper like you wouldn't believe. You'd have to pay me a lot of money to work with Jim again. — Source: cheatsheet

9

GENE HACKMAN & WES ANDERSON CRACKED.COM Hackman made his lack of interest known on 'The Royal Tenenbaums'. Не repeatedly insulted director Wes Anderson, with multiple reports that he called him a 'cunt' on set. Bill Murray came in on his days off to help shield Anderson from Hackman. — Source: faroutmagazine

8

MARLON BRANDO & FRANK OZ GRAGKED.COM Having De Niro and Marlon Brando together on 'The Score' should've been a dream, but the shoot mostly became a fight between Brando and director Frank Oz. Brando hated being directed by a Muppeteer, mockingly calling Oz 'Miss Piggy' (the character he voiced). Oz said I was confrontational too, acknowledging it was partly his fault. — Source: eightieskids

7

FAYE DUNAWAY & ROMAN POLANSKI GRACKED.COM On 'Chinatown', Faye Dunaway said the incessant cruelty got to her, and director Roman Polanski humiliated her at every turn. One day, he demanded re-takes while Dunaway was desperate to use the bathroom. When he rejected her requests, she allegedly threw a cup of her urine in his face, shouting, You cunt, that's piss! — Source: faroutmagazine

6

BURT REYNOLDS & PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON GRACKED.COM Reynolds felt that director Paul Thomas Anderson was unoriginal and cocky, and the pair once came close to blows on set. A 2018 article reported, Reynolds was so unhappy with Boogie Nights, despite never having seen it, he fired his agent afterward. — Source: screenrant

5

SHELLEY DUVALL & STANLEY KUBRICK CRACKED.COM Production delays on 'The Shining' kept Duvall from her family for a whole year, and Kubrick made her life a living nightmare by berating her in front of the crew. In an interview, she said, My character had to cry 12 hours a day the last nine months straight, five or six days a week. — Source: cheatsheet

4

BOB HOSKINS, ROCKY MORTON & ANNABEL JANKEL CRACKED.COM The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. Fuckin' idiots. - Bob Hoskins. — Source: cheatsheet

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TOMMY LEE JONES, VAL KILMER &JOEL SCHUMACHER CRACKED.COM In 1996, Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher called out Jones & Kilmer, saying I'm tired of defending overpaid, overprivileged actors. I pray I don't work with them again. Не called Jones an asshole and Kilmer psychotic and said, The two weeks where Kilmer didn't speak to me was bliss. — Source: independent

2

AMY ADAMS & DAVID O RUSSELL CRACKED.COM There could be a whole list for o Russell. In 2014, Amy Adams and David o Russell clashed on American Hustle. Adams said that he made her cry with his process of shouting at actors mid-scene. Не was hard on me, that's for sure, she told GQ. I was really just devastated on set. She has no intention of working with him again. — Source: independent

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GAL GADOT, RAY FISHER & JOSS WHEDON CRACKED.COM When original director Zack Snyder bowed out of 'Justice League', Joss Whedon was roped in. Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg, alleged that Whedon behaved inappropriately on set, and Gadot alleged that Whedon threatened her career after she expressed unease with a sexualized comedy scene. — Source: independent

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