10 Actors Who Quit Movies Because Of Other Actors

movies sure are a complicated old business and it's little surprised that creative types can often but heads failing to see eye to eye on the basics of a project enough so that one might ultimately decide to take leave of the assignment entirely now there are of course two sides to every story but beyond siging blame or painting anyone as a hero or a villain all of the following actors quit movies because of the actions of another performer I'm Josh from walk culture.com and these are 10 actors who quit movies because of other actors number 10 Julia Roberts quits because she couldn't convince Daniel Deale Lewis to co-star Shakespeare in Love in the odd case of Julia Roberts she didn't quit a movie because of a problematic actor that she refused to work with but actually the opposite best picture winning dram Shakespeare and love was in development for years before finally getting made it very nearly started shooting in the early '90s with Julia Roberts set to play the part of Viola deeps later played by gwith paltro to Oscar winning success however Roberts's contract gave her control over the casting of her co-stars and insisted that the still uncast part of William Shakespeare be offered to Daniel Dale Lewis believing him the only actor capable of playing The Bard but the famously selective de Lewis ended up turning the part down and even though Roberts allegedly flew to the UK to try and convince him personally he opted to star in in the name of the father instead for which he received a best actor nomination as a result of this Roberts dropped out of the film and M 6 weeks before shooting was set to begin with sets and costume assumes already being created Universal ended up putting the project on ice and director Edwards Wick failed to successfully shop it to other Studios until the late 90s when mirax finally took a punt on it number nine you and McGregor quit because Christian Bale asked him to American Psycho as difficult as it is to imagine anyone but Christian Bale playing the part of American psychos Patrick bman Bale really had to fight tooth and nail to win that role fending off a number of more well-known on theise actors though bail was initially cast by director Mary Haron years before shooting started Lion's gate was Dogg pursuing the more famous leanard of DiCaprio to play Batman when DiCaprio eventually left to make Danny Bo's Thriller of the beach instead Lion's gate offered the Lee to you McGregor who soon thereafter received a phone call from Bale himself with McGregor and Bale being old friends Bale asked him to turn the role down effectively clearing the path for him to take it unchallenged in Bill's own words quote i ph a few people and let them know my commitment let me tell you I called them all and told them it was my role don't touch step away or if you're not going to step away understand what you're up against end quote number eight Deborah Winger quit because of Madonna's casting A League of Their Own 1992's classic Sports comedy A League of Their Own almost St the great Deborah Winger as protagonist Dorothy Dy Hinson a part ultimately played quite terrifically by Gina Davis in a recent interview Winger stated that she'd actually been cast in the role and spent 3 months training with the Chicago cups but decided to depart the project after Madonna was cast as the outgoing M Mao Winger's rationale was that Madonna's presence would fundamentally change the film's tone into something more outlandish and so she quit and with the pair of play rules of her contract still managed to collect a full salary today Winger says that she doesn't begrudge anyone involved with the film though maintains her original Instinct about Madonna's casting was correct saying quote as entertaining as the finnished film was you don't walk away going wow those women did that you kind of go is that true as for the quality of Madonna's performance well Winger held nothing back saying quote I think her acting career has spoken for itself number seven Woody harlson quit because Laura DED it Benny and June 1993's romantic comedy Benny and June ultimately starred aen Quinn and Mary Stewart masteron as the titular characters though The Eccentric sibling Duo was very nearly played by none other than Woody harlson and Laura D however when D found out that she would receive third billing below Johnny Depp and Woody har son despite having a recent Best Actress Oscar nomination to her name for rambling roles she quit the project harlson who was to receive First Billing also decided to leave once D departed and in his own words to D in a recent interview said quote once I knew you weren't in Benny in June that was that harlson left and decided to make a decent proposal instead with Quinn being speedily brought on board as a last minute replacement harlson and D did finally get to share the screen almost 25 years later though in Indie dram Wilson number six Kim catral quit because she couldn't stand Sarah Jessica Parker Sex in the City 3 unlike every other entry on this list this departing cast member ultimately caused the film to never end up happening in 2016 it was announced that a third Sex in the City movie was in development because despite the second film's critical dubbing it still grossed almost $300 million worldwide however in 2017 star Sarah Jessica Parker confirmed that the breaks had been pumped on the threequel with reports later confirming that it had been cancelled due to Kim kral's unwillingness to reappear as fan favorite character Samantha Jones though catral herself stated that she quote went past the Finish Line with the character it's been widely reported that she refused to appear in the third film due to her well-noted animosity with coar Parker back in 2018 kral publicly posted a social media message to Parker calling her quote cruel and quote not her friend seemingly backing up historic rumors that Parker and Katrell were at odds throughout the filming of the original series presumably katra's doing well enough that she doesn't feel the need to work with people that she can't stand just for a paycheck but nevertheless it's Sans Samantha Revival series and just like that is soon due for release with the other three leads returning number five Bill Murray quit because he hated working with Lucy Lop Charlie's Angels Full throw Bill Murray played Charlie's assistant Bosley in the 2000 Charlie's Angels movie and it was assumed that he'd be returning for the sequel as well however the funny man opted not to reprise the role in the follow-up Full Throttle where Bosley wasn't instead replaced with his adoptive brother Jimmy the reason for this well Murray had a strain relationship with both director MCG and star Lucy Lou throughout filming allegedly telling Lou that she couldn't act which prompted her to try and physically attack him Murray later called her quote unquote unprofessional in a recent interview though L claims that the dispute emerged over rewrites to a scene which occurred while Murray was away from set and he took his frustrations out on her with quote inexcusable and unacceptable language Lou does say the pair are on better terms today at least number four Richard Gear's sloppy eating habit annoyed Sylvester Stallone Lords of flatbrush before he hit it big with Rocky in the early' 70s Sylvester Stallone was supposed to start alongside geia in the Lords of Flatbush a drama about a group of greasers the two didn't make it very far into production before they realized that they were Polar Opposites though and wound each other up to the point where it was going to put the whole shoot in Jeopardy Stallone criticized gear of taking his role too seriously and walking around said like he owned the joint thinking he was bigger than the movie itself this all culminated in a hilarious alocation West alone was chilling in a car between TS only to get into a fight with Richard Gear as he put it to Andy cool via Cinema Blend quote I was eating a hot dog and he Richard Gear climbs in with a half a chicken covered in mustard with grease nearly dripping out of the aluminium wrapper I said that thing is going to drip all over the place he said don't worry about it and I said if it gets in my pant you're going to know about it then he proceeds to take a bite the chicken and a small greasy River of mustard lands on my thigh I elbowed him in the side of the head and basically pushed him out the car the director then had to make a choice one of us has to go one of us has to stay end quote after this Gia took off and the pair never worked together again number three rip Tong quit after a sour meeting with Dennis Hopper Easy Rider 1969's classic Indie Road movie Easy Rider Stars Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as two bikers traveling across America who during their travel end up meeting doomed lawyer George Hansen Jack Nicholson who played Hansen did a terrific job in the part but according to the film's co writer Terry San the role of George was actually written for actor rip ton those plans quickly went South however when ton met with hopper and funder at a restaurant to discuss the part and Hopper comments about quote unquote rednecks offended Sela ta the two very nearly fought after which T just pulled out of the project more than 25 years later when Hopper discussed the incident on the tonight show with Jay Leno he claimed that t pulled a knife at him during the meeting prompting an insense tone to sue him for defamation claiming that Hopper was the one who in fact pulled the knife ultimately ton won the lawsuit in a landslide winning $475,000 in Damages and then when Hopper repealed the verdict the judge ordered him to pay another 475,000 to ton which is just crazy number two Terrence Howard quit because Robert Downey Jr quote unquote took his money Iron Man 2 Terrence Howard was actually the first actor cast in the original Iron Man and with a recent best actor nomination to his name for Hustle and Flow he was able to angle the highest salary among the cast for playing Tony Stark's pal James RS Howard was reportedly paid roughly $4.5 million while the risky cast Downey just made $500,000 up front with the film teasing roie Dunning the war machine suit for the sequel Howard was widely expected to return for Iron Man 2 until Marvel made the decision to renegotiate his salary because Ro's role was apparently mid smaller during rewrites Marvel Studios offered him just $1 million to return When Howard was expecting to be paid $8 million per his contract Howard ended up quitting the project and ended up being replaced of course with Don cheel later claiming that the 7 million do taken away from him was given to Robert Downey Jr instead mid reports that Howard was a difficult presence on the first film set he stated quote the contracts that we write and sign aren't worth the paper that they're printed on sometimes end quote Howard also claimed that Downey Junior Court took the money that was supposed to go to him and pushed him out and that despite apparently helping the actor secure the Iron Man role in the first place Downey Jr took three months to get back to him about the issue number one Joan Crawford quit because of her Feud with Betty Davis Hush Hush sweet Charlotte stories of actors quitting movies because of other actors don't get much more juicy than this now if you know much about Classic Hollywood you'll be aware of the historic four deade feud between screen Legends John Crawford and Betty Davis this was quite ingeniously exploited in the classic 1962 psychological horror film whatever happened to Baby Jen which cast the pair opposite one another as Waring siblings to tremendous critical and Commercial Success director Robert aldri hoped to repeat the delicious pairing two years later in the Thriller Hush Hush sweet Charlotte casting the two as at odd's cousins this time around and Crawford actually got as far as shooting some scenes though after going back to her on a location trailer to rest woke up to find the entire Cas and crew having departed to their hotels without informing her first Crawford became convinced that Davis had orchestrated this entire thing to happen and on the eve of shooting resuming in Hollywood Crawford admitted herself to hospital claiming to be sick production was initially delayed for her to recuperate until it was ascertained that Crawford was basically just stalling in an attempt to quit the film

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Published: Thu May 30 2024