when all else fails play the blame game
hey everyone I'm Rebecca and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today C that means
we're looking at filmmakers whether
that's producers directors screenwriters
whatever who cast blame on the on-screen
talent when their movies didn't pan out
so well either commercially or
critically all right
let's cast them blame whatever in
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number 10 roland emmerich blamed Will
Smith Independence Day resurgence you
might be saying to yourself wait
Will Smith wasn't in this movie yep and
that's where it failed at least
according to director roland emmerich
originally conceived to be a two-parter
following up on the events of the first
film Independence Day resurgence was hit
with a major blow when it was announced
that its predecessors biggest star Will
Smith would not be returning instead
opting for a role in Suicide Squad was
this a cheerleading tryouts this threw a
wrench in Emmerich's plans and he had to
quote cobble another script together and
ultimately made something he didn't
really want to anymore
going off the poor receptions for both
films though we're not sure either
decision was right for Smith did not
promise you fireworks
number nine Paul Schrader blamed Lindsay
Lohan The Canyons Lindsay Lohan is no
stranger to bad press but the source
isn't usually her director it's hard for
me to that's why help me with the movie
cuz I care you don't have to go and say
things that are gonna hurt me in 2013
she starred in the erotic thriller The
Canyons which though made for a frugal
quarter-million dollars only recouped
roughly 20,000 it's more fun to keep it
a little complicated complicated
discussing his dissatisfaction with the
release director Paul Schrader expressed
bemusement over Lohan's utter absence
from the promotional tour and that he
wanted to fire her during production for
her similar quote unreliability and then
after casting she just disappeared she
just stopped coming by the production
office I haven't seen her in like a
month
Lohan responded by saying she would have
loved to attend the film's premiere at
the Venice Film Festival but that her
quote health and well-being was quote of
the utmost importance seeing as she was
regarded as the lone bright spot in this
critical dud she probably made the right
call look Christian is not gonna hurt me
if anything I'm the one that's gonna
hurt him number 8
Jerry Lewis blamed himself the day the
clown cried look we get the pursuit of
perfection but there comes a point where
you ultimately have to accept the work
you've done and move on right
not so according to writer director star
Jerry Lewis who shelled his 1972
Holocaust drama the day the clown cried
for decades due to his sheer
dissatisfaction with the project my
sense is that something like that
happened that he thought it was a good
idea and it slowly dawned on him that
this is much larger than then perhaps
he'd realized
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continually questioned on the matter the
late comedian only ever pointed fingers
at himself once saying he quote lost the
magic but when they think he does not
know or that he does not care they have
no reason to care and that's where you
get a lot of trouble curious film fans
might just get their wish however as
Lewis gifted a copy to the Library of
Congress in 2015
demanding it not be screened prior to
June of 2024 so mark your calendars may
be number seven
Kevin Reynolds blamed Kevin Costner
Waterworld you would think you would
know whether you like working with
someone after directing them twice
before yet despite directing Costner in
Fandango and Robin Hood Prince of
Thieves it was instead Waterworld that
was the straw that broke the camel's
back for Kevin Reynolds take up space
you slow me down reportedly Costner's
incessant micromanaging on top of an
inflating budget spurred Reynolds to
exit the project toward the tail end of
production effectively ending their
friendship he'd go on to say quote Kevin
should only star in movies he directs
that way he can work with his favorite
actor and director
thankfully the flames were fanned enough
for the two to reunite on the miniseries
Hatfields and McCoys in 2012 just could
be let's make a peace
yeah well I never courted God before
Randa Oh daddy
number six Tony Kaye blamed Edward
Norton American History X when you're
the director of an awards contender you
typically expect to have final say on
the project however that was not the
case with American History X where
director Tony Kaye saw creative control
shifted to star Edward Norton when the
time for editing came you gotta let me
do this my own way all right I'll take
care of it when the film was critically
successful especially for the Oscar
nominated Norton it proved anything but
4k who went out of his way to slam
Norton calling him a quote narcissistic
dilettante and spending $100,000 on ads
in trade newspapers to hammer home the
sentiment he even tried to have his name
removed from the project and replaced
with queen kid you not Humpty Dumpty
yeah some bridges were burned and
everybody ate it up they did whatever
Derek told them to number five Joss
Whedon blamed the cast alien
resurrection
beautiful beautiful it'll be just five
years after alien 3 came out which
director David Fincher later lambasted
the franchise would see another entry
criticized by one of its creators doing
an interview in 2005 Joss Whedon
revealed he was thoroughly displeased
with the final product of alien
resurrection for which he wrote the
screenplay he clarified that he didn't
dislike it because they changed things
during production including the ending
but that they did quote everything wrong
from the casting to the line reading to
the production design to the scoring
there wasn't a single aspect of the film
that pleased Whedon who declared it
quote almost unwatchable
yikes number 4 Kevin Smith blamed Bruce
Willis cop-out what happened Jimmy I
just went south right away the whole
thing went south jack upon seeing their
comedic bickering and live free or die
hard one would think that Bruce Willis
and Kevin Smith had a dynamic rapport in
real life - you're gonna tell me what I
want to know I'm gonna beat you to death
in your own ass untrue and working with
Willis more extensively in 2010's
cop-out didn't exactly bring out the
warm and fuzzies for Smith
shortly after filming he disparaged
Willis's disinterest in promoting the
movie when the time came and that he had
similarly little help on set either
according to certain reports Smith used
the film's rap party to thank the entire
crew except for Willis whom he referred
to as a well it rhymes with trucking
stick according to Smith however the two
have since buried the hatchet
number three Otto Preminger blamed
Marilyn Monroe river of no return here
we have another star with more pull than
the director not entirely confident in
her abilities Marilyn Monroe had her
acting coach Natasha latests on set for
the shooting of River of No Return this
didn't sit too well with director Otto
Preminger
aslha Tessa's instructions to Monroe
conflicted with his own suppose you
never made a mistake
you're too perfect you never made any
done that I didn't pay for unable to get
the studio to ban latests from the set
Preminger took many of his frustrations
out on Monroe whom he later deemed
merely a star and not an actor why do
you hate her now what makes you think I
hate you treat her better
apparently time heals all wounds however
as he lightened his stance in 1980
saying quote she tried very hard and
when people try hard he can't be mad at
them one thing about this along do you
less the less you care number two John
Schlesinger blamed Madonna the next best
thing
there is blaming someone for ruining a
movie and then there's blaming someone
for basically ruining your life don't
you think there's a chance we can still
work this out it's not you okay it's me
during the making of the next best thing
director John Schlesinger clashed
continuously with the film's lead
Madonna
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according to Schlesinger Madonna
exercised a controlling nature on nearly
every aspect of the production not only
did this infuriate Schlessinger on set
it possibly contributed to the stroke he
suffered some months after the film's
release in a letter released
posthumously upon his death in 2003 he
wrote quote I do not for one moment
think that her behavior has not added to
the reasons I have ended up here here
being the hospital he was stationed at
geez tell us how you really feel what's
the next best thing
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Ron Hutchinson blamed marlon brando the
island of dr. Moreau much like Edward
Norton Marlon Brando established
something of a reputation for himself as
being difficult to work with mostly
because he was screenwriter Ron
Hutchinson was perhaps the most taken
aback by this on the set of 1996 is the
island of dr. Moreau Hutchinson
described Brando as a quote monster that
was quote hell-bent on sabotaging the
production this is the most outrageous
spectacle I have ever witnessed look at
yourself
not only would Brando insist on
improvising all of his lines merely
getting him out of his trailer proved
incredibly difficult as he would rather
Gorge himself on quote industrial
quantities of pizza the heat as I do I
with such a troubled production the film
was a natural failure cementing one of
Randall's last movies as one of his
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