We all have bad days at work when we later have to apologize for being not in the mood.
But we also know at least one person who is giving everybody else a hard time on a regular basis.
Now imagine your workplace is Hollywood. This means the reputation of being difficult will
sooner or later become available to millions of people around the world.
In today's video you will learn how the girl next door Jennifer Aniston
treats her colleagues on set, why Sylvester Stallone called Bruce Willis lazy and greedy,
how Edward Norton keeps rewriting the scripts to make them better and many other things!
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stars who are unbearable to work with.
Jennifer Aniston While on the set of Life Of Crime,
the Friends star could be described as many things, but not one of them is "friendly."
(pun intended). A damning report on Radar Online outlined, with reference to its sources,
how Aniston just wouldn't socialize with or even interact with her colleagues including
Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins. While every day the film cast and crew had lunch together,
Jen was the only one who was quickly grabbing her lunch and leaving.
It would be true to say that Aniston might not be doing these things demonstratively,
but just prefers distancing herself from the others.
Thus, she is sending a signal to everyone that she is not approachable.
BUT, well… That was not the only case when the actress was brutally honest in her attitude.
One of her former co-stars, her love interest in 1997's Picture Perfect,
Jay Mohr, revealed over a decade later that Aniston was extremely unhappy
that he had been chosen for the role over some bigger names.
Upon arriving on the set of the first day, she pointed at him and told her fellow actress:
"Six guys they screen test. Six! The one f*cking guy I hate, that's the guy they hire, him!"
Edward Norton
This name has become iconic in the Hollywood industry. Norton, with his brilliant acting,
manages to blur the lines between reality and fiction. Another thing that has made the
actor iconic is his impeccable reputation of someone who is difficult to work with.
Norton's most famous guilty pleasure is rewriting the scripts.
He has done it on numerous occasions, with some of the directors and producers appreciating his
contribution and some - not so much. Let us take The Incredible Hulk released in 2008.
When Marvel Studios approached Norton to star in the movie, he signed on,
provided any suggestions he made to screenplay be incorporated into the script.
Turned out he had A LOT of suggestions, to the extent that the actor substantially
rewrote the movie just weeks before filming started. It eventually made Marvel executives
hate the edit and order a new one, mostly cutting dialogues and adding more action.
No surprise, when Marvel was picking a Hulk for The Avengers movie, Norton was not much
of an option, with the studio stating it clearly that they want (quote) "an actor
who embodies the creative and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members."
And that actor was Mark Ruffalo.
Even years later Norton didn't get over that situation took a chance to slam Marvel
saying he was difficult during the filming because he actually wanted a better script.
Bruce Willis The Die Hard star has been
on a regular basis characterized as uncooperative, soul-crushing and "pain
in my ass". They say off camera he is great, but during the filming itself - boy oh boy.
In his interview about 2010's film Cop Out featuring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan,
Kevin Smith said that had it not been for Morgan, he (quote)
"might've killed myself or someone else in the making of that movie".
The renowned film-maker said he used to be a long-time fan of Willis before he got to know
the real Bruce. Smith revealed Willis was a pain on-set and then even refused to sit
for promotional photos for the movie's poster. The director was shocked that Bruce made zero
effort to contribute to the film promotion which, Smith believes, affected the poor ticket sales.
Sylvester Stallone also seemed to have issues with Bruce in regards to the Expendables series.
Fans were shocked when Stallone dropped Willis for Harrison Ford
in the third movie announcing it with a tweet:
"WILLIS OUT... HARRISON FORD IN !!!! GREAT NEWS !!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!"
And we wouldn't have suspected anything unless in a few minutes there appeared another tweet saying:
"GREEDY AND LAZY ...... A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE"
Stallone's rep confirmed to The Huffington Post that the tweet
was in fact made in reference to Willis, but refused to elaborate.
According to some sources, Willis was offered $3 million dollars for 4 shooting days,
which offer he declined, insisting on 4 million. That would mean a million
dollars per day to which Stallone and everyone else involved allegedly said no.
A year later, however, Stallone clarified in an interview that he didn't mean to make
any hints with his tweets and that Willis is a great guy. Well, what's done is done!
Chevy Chase
One of the top comedic actors of the 70s, 80s and the 90s, Chase has remained to our days
the actor with the reputation of being rude and mean towards his cast members.
He kept causing trouble as a Saturday Night Live host.
Will Ferrell once described Chase as (quote) "the worst host"
who at some point suggested one of the female writers present to give him a hand job later.
"I wish we’d all gotten up and walked out of the room.”
When for some reason, after a huge break, Chase was invited to host SNL once again in 1985,
he made fun of 20-year-old Robert Downey Junior: “Didn’t your father used to be a successful
director? Whatever happened to him? Boy, he sure died, you know, he sure went to hell.”
Those were just several of the instances of his unacceptable behavior,
but Chase did have a chance to make things right in a recent development while filming the cult
sitcom Community. But a good comeback potential was not fulfilled properly.
He was consistently making racist jabs at Donald Glover between takes saying:
“People think you’re funnier because you’re black.”
When he eventually left Community, he did not JUST LEAVE, but also made
it public that he wasn't even a fan of the show. His co-star Joel McHale also
mentioned how rude and offensive Chevy would be towards the rest of the cast.
Charlie Sheen Sheen has been quite
complicated both in his professional and his private life. In 2011, Two and a Half
Men went on hiatus when Sheen voluntarily checked into rehab. Shortly after that,
the actor was fired from the sitcom after a public meltdown that included calling the show creator
Chuck Lorre (quote) "a miserable douchebag" and "talentless sack of ..." well you got the ending.
Along the way, Sheen noticeably lost weight, missed rehearsals,
flubbed his lines and kept making inflammatory comments.
His show co-star, Jon Cryer, when asked about his experience working with Sheen, said it was crazy.
"It was way more craziness than I really was hoping for, honestly."
It was tough for Cryer to see Charlie who had been sober and in control of
his life when they started the show, then going off the rails.
Val Kilmer At the peak
of his career, Kilmer had a notoriously bad reputation which is still making headlines!
Most of the stories revolve around his behaviour in the mid-90s.
During the first day of the filming of The Island of Dr. Moreau, cast members and the
crew testified to Kilmer's bullying, and his consistently hostile and obstructive manner.
He would not deliver the dialogues as scripted, and repeatedly criticized the director's ideas.
The initial director of the film was blamed by the studio for his inability
to get Kilmer under control and was even fired in three days.
The new director, John Frankenheimer, also had arguments with Kilmer on-set.
He would later state he didn't like Val's work
ethics and didn't want to be associated with him ever again.
Moreover, there was antipathy between co-stars Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer
that rapidly escalated into open hostility.
The Batman Forever director called Kilmer (quote) "childish and impossible".
And these are just a few instances to prove the point.
The other side of the same coin was that the actor
was always recognized for being too passionate about his roles.
Take his iconic portrayal of Jim Morrison:
the young star took the whole year just to prepare for the part.
His commitment to roles made him want to interfere with the movie-making process,
which eventually contributed to his reputation of an actor who is impossible to work with.
Years and years later Kilmer would say he regretted the attitude that earned him that infamy
saying he liked taking risks while working on the movie and didn't care
about any financial issues or other responsibilities associated with it.