I know there are lots of movies that respectable actors make either just for a paycheck or because the projects seemed to have great potential. Sometimes, these movies turn into horrible rubbish that people like us on this site cherish for their ineptitude, even while those involved wish they'd never seen the scripts. Two immediate examples that come to my mind are Robin Williams in Popeye and Bob Hoskins in Super Mario Brothers. What are some of your favorite stinkers that made those involved ashamed they took part? I'm looking for big name actors (and maybe a few Alan Smithee directors) and the movies they wish would go away.
I heard that Val Kilmer disowned Top Secret: I can't think why.
Quote from: Trevor on February 16, 2015, 08:22:23 AM
I heard that Val Kilmer disowned Top Secret: I can't think why.
Yeah, I laughed my galaxy spanning a$$ off at that flick.
Another consideration: Actors who, like John Carradine happily took what ever pay they could get and had no illusions of doing Shakespear, and maybe some who just never realized what they were doing (Calling Ed Wood).
Halle Berry is ashamed of CATWOMAN.
Peter Cushing, whenever asked, always said that The Blood Beast Terror was the one movie he ever did that he wished he'd passed on.
Not that long ago Eddie Murphy denounced Beverly Hills Cop 3 and way before that he was ashamed of the awesome "The Golden Child".
I read somewhere (unreliable source anyway) that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not happy of his first movie Hercules in New York [1969]. Personally I think it was a nice enjoyable b-movie instead and definitely better of some other movies of his.
Quote from: etmoviesb on February 17, 2015, 04:30:09 AM
I read somewhere (unreliable source anyway) that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not happy of his first movie Hercules in New York [1969]. Personally I think it was a nice enjoyable b-movie instead and definitely better of some other movies of his.
I could easily believe that he would be unhappy with this movie since they dubbed someone over his voice because he was too hard to understand. It is among my favorite Schwarzenegger movies.
Thanks everyone! Please keep the info coming. I remembered hearing about a couple of these when I read your posts (the Eddie Murphy/
Golden Child and the Halle Berry/
Catwoman posts), but I didn't know about the others, so I am grateful for your help.
Isn't there a story about the cast, most notably Jeff Morrow, of The Giant Claw being embarrassed at a screening of it?
~ Jim Carrey condemned Kick Ass 2 because Sandy Hook made him change his mind on the films portrayal of gun violence.
~ Apparently both Juliette Lewis and Quentin Tarantino who attended a screening together disliked Natural Born Killers and both left the theater halfway through and went to a bar instead.
~ Steven Spielberg hates Hook.
~ Jennifer Connelly used to bash her movie Phenomena on talk shows.
~ Don't even mention Mommie Dearest to Faye Dunaway...
Bill Murray has trashed Garfield a lot as has George Clooney with Batman & Robin (although with Combat Acadamy and Solaris on his credits I think its unfair to single out that one for abuse ;) ).
Christopher Lee apologized for Howling II.
Shia LeBeouf trashed the second Transformers and Indiana Jones 4.
Carrie Fisher has been pretty cynical towards her role in Star Wars.
Jessica Alba hated Fantastic 4, and almost quit acting after the second movie.
John Goodman takes occasional shots at The Flintstones.
Stalone hated Stop or My Mom Will Shoot.
Bill Cosby warned audiences not to see Leonard Part 6.
Quote from: JoeTheDestroyer on February 18, 2015, 05:17:47 AM
Shia LeBeouf trashed the second Transformers and Indiana Jones 4.
Stalone hated Stop or My Mom Will Shoot.
Bill Cosby warned audiences not to see Leonard Part 6.
I must say I agree with these particular stars about these movies. :twirl:
Apparently Christopher Plummer only did Starcrash because it meant he could travel to Rome.
Quote from: messedup on February 16, 2015, 07:08:47 PM
Not that long ago Eddie Murphy denounced Beverly Hills Cop 3 and way before that he was ashamed of the awesome "The Golden Child".
He also regretted
Best Defense.
Eddie Murphy baffles me... People disliked movies like Meet Dave [2008] or The Adventures of Pluto Nash [2002] that instead I liked.
I also seem to remember Madonna not giving a flying s**t about Who's That Girl? After it failed at the box office, her only response was a nonchalant, "So it was a flop..." She then moved on with her life.
Ben Affleck regrets doing Daredevil.
Clooney also apoligized to Sony for Monument Men, which I did not quite understand (the apology, not the movie).
Quote from: Dark Alex on February 18, 2015, 03:32:58 AM
Bill Murray has trashed Garfield a lot as has George Clooney with Batman & Robin (although with Combat Acadamy and Solaris on his credits I think its unfair to single out that one for abuse ;) ).
Sir Alec Guinness hated
Star Wars (1977) but the proceeds from it made him financially independent for life.
From Wikipedia:
QuoteGuinness was quoted as saying that the royalties he obtained from working on the films gave him "no complaints; let me leave it by saying I can live for the rest of my life in the reasonably modest way I am now used to, that I have no debts and I can afford to refuse work that doesn't appeal to me." In his autobiography, Blessings In Disguise, Guinness tells an imaginary interviewer "Blessed be Star Wars", regarding the income it provided.
I've read James Spader did not think highly of STARGATE even when he took it. Not sure what he thinks now, way after the fact.
FWIW: I LOVED that movie when it first came out. Still do. And, I especially dug Spader's characterization of Daniel Jackson.
Quote from: claws on February 17, 2015, 03:31:16 PM
~ Apparently both Juliette Lewis and Quentin Tarantino who attended a screening together disliked Natural Born Killers and both left the theater halfway through and went to a bar instead.
~ Jennifer Connelly used to bash her movie Phenomena on talk shows.
I love Phenomena!
I knew QT spent a lot of time distancing himself from Natural Born Killers (and I don't blame him) but never heard that about him & Juliette Lewis. Tom Sizemore expressed regrets about being in NBK too - not bashing the movie exactly, but he said he always felt bad about the scene where his character murders a hooker.
natural born killers got bad rap when it came out. Having seen it again recently, its pretty tame compared to the violence in today's movies. Also the movie is satire for those that don't know.
It's a satire? OH MY GOD I HAD NO IDEA!!!!!!!!! Well now I magically no longer find it pandering, shallow, unfunny and preachy!! THANK GOD you're here to explain art to us!!
I can think of one that seems to be the opposite:
Raul Julia, a fantastic actor, relishing his role in the crappy Street Fighter movie in 1994, because his kids were fans of the video games/cartoons related to Street Fighter, and he wanted to do this for them personally as they were stoked when they heard a film was being made. He's the best part of the film.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 19, 2015, 09:11:31 PMRaul Julia, a fantastic actor, relishing his role in the crappy Street Fighter movie in 1994, because his kids were fans of the video games/cartoons related to Street Fighter, and he wanted to do this for them personally as they were stoked when they heard a film was being made. He's the best part of the film.
You don't say... :drink:
Quote from: Ted C on February 19, 2015, 11:31:46 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 19, 2015, 09:11:31 PMRaul Julia, a fantastic actor, relishing his role in the crappy Street Fighter movie in 1994, because his kids were fans of the video games/cartoons related to Street Fighter, and he wanted to do this for them personally as they were stoked when they heard a film was being made. He's the best part of the film.
You don't say... :drink:
I think it's fair to say Raul Julia is the best part of other films as well.
Perhaps not known as well in the "mainstream," he'd rank as a truly underrated actor in my opinion.
In a last minute decision, Matthew Modine had to switch roles with Michael Keaton in Pacific Heights (1990). The only reason Modine signed up for the movie was because he was promised to play the bad guy, but Keaton got the part instead. Modine wasn't happy about that, and sort of bashed the movie afterwards.
Quote from: Flangepart on February 16, 2015, 08:58:51 AM
Quote from: Trevor on February 16, 2015, 08:22:23 AM
I heard that Val Kilmer disowned Top Secret: I can't think why.
Yeah, I laughed my galaxy spanning a$$ off at that flick.
Another consideration: Actors who, like John Carradine happily took what ever pay they could get and had no illusions of doing Shakespear, and maybe some who just never realized what they were doing (Calling Ed Wood).
John Carradine hated VOODOO MAN (1944).
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 20, 2015, 04:27:19 AM
Quote from: Flangepart on February 16, 2015, 08:58:51 AM
Quote from: Trevor on February 16, 2015, 08:22:23 AM
I heard that Val Kilmer disowned Top Secret: I can't think why.
Yeah, I laughed my galaxy spanning a$$ off at that flick.
Another consideration: Actors who, like John Carradine happily took what ever pay they could get and had no illusions of doing Shakespear, and maybe some who just never realized what they were doing (Calling Ed Wood).
John Carradine hated VOODOO MAN (1944).
And BILLY THE KID VS DRACULA; I remember him venting about it on The Merv Griffin Show.
Tom Selleck probably deleted this from his resume ages ago....
Daughters of Satan 1972 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZFrz6QNEsA#ws)
Quote from: Ted C on February 19, 2015, 11:31:46 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 19, 2015, 09:11:31 PMRaul Julia, a fantastic actor, relishing his role in the crappy Street Fighter movie in 1994, because his kids were fans of the video games/cartoons related to Street Fighter, and he wanted to do this for them personally as they were stoked when they heard a film was being made. He's the best part of the film.
You don't say... :drink:
:teddyr: Ha. Nice avi...
Quote from: ulthar on February 20, 2015, 12:23:22 AM
Quote from: Ted C on February 19, 2015, 11:31:46 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 19, 2015, 09:11:31 PMRaul Julia, a fantastic actor, relishing his role in the crappy Street Fighter movie in 1994, because his kids were fans of the video games/cartoons related to Street Fighter, and he wanted to do this for them personally as they were stoked when they heard a film was being made. He's the best part of the film.
You don't say... :drink:
I think it's fair to say Raul Julia is the best part of other films as well.
Perhaps not known as well in the "mainstream," he'd rank as a truly underrated actor in my opinion.
He's vastly underrated. I only know him from his film work, but I heard he was a fantastic stage actor as well, doing Broadway and the like. But almost every film I have seen him in, he's stolen it as the breakaway actor in it.
Quote from: ulthar on February 20, 2015, 12:23:22 AM
I think it's fair to say Raul Julia is the best part of other films as well.
Perhaps not known as well in the "mainstream," he'd rank as a truly underrated actor in my opinion.
He certainly made
The Tempest watchable.
"I like your melonies! And your bumbas!"
I think MICHAEL CAINE knocked his appearance in BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. He does get to call SALLY FIELD "monkey" I think... and she hates it. In the movie. :lookingup: :bouncegiggle:
I wonder how Ruth Gorden felt about doing the Rosemary's Baby sequel. God, it was awful...
And didn't one of the Jason Voorhees actors also trash Friday the 13th? I want to say it was Richard Brooker.
Brooker disliked the way the producers treated some of the girls on the set of Friday 3. They had a shoot in the lake and they kept the girl out in the boat and water for extended hours and she was wearing skimpy clothing, freezing, and turning blue. He made them stop shooting for a bit so she could get warmed up, get some soup and tea.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 21, 2015, 07:36:49 PM
Brooker disliked the way the producers treated some of the girls on the set of Friday 3. They had a shoot in the lake and they kept the girl out in the boat and water for extended hours and she was wearing skimpy clothing, freezing, and turning blue. He made them stop shooting for a bit so she could get warmed up, get some soup and tea.
I think that was Ted White on Friday 4...or at least for the same reason. Also wanted to quit because actors had to do their own stunts without proper safety. Even wanted to have his name removed from the credits.
Stallone also hated Rocky 5. It was one of the reasons he made Rocky Balboa, which ignored Rocky 5.
Sean Connery straight up quit acting after League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Quote from: messedup on February 22, 2015, 12:38:13 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 21, 2015, 07:36:49 PM
Brooker disliked the way the producers treated some of the girls on the set of Friday 3. They had a shoot in the lake and they kept the girl out in the boat and water for extended hours and she was wearing skimpy clothing, freezing, and turning blue. He made them stop shooting for a bit so she could get warmed up, get some soup and tea.
I think that was Ted White on Friday 4...or at least for the same reason. Also wanted to quit because actors had to do their own stunts without proper safety. Even wanted to have his name removed from the credits.
I think you're right. Well, Ted White gave that reason.
Thought Brooker did too.
Forest Whitaker regretted being in Battlefield Earth.
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Raul was a wonderful Gomez. Had the touch of the dark John Asten didn't, though I still like his Grouchoesque take on the character.
Quote from: Flangepart on March 04, 2015, 09:03:00 AM
Raul was a wonderful Gomez. Had the touch of the dark John Asten didn't, though I still like his Grouchoesque take on the character.
He was perfect in it. I loved Astin as Gomez, but Raul Julia played it perfectly in the middle. Dark yet over the top.
Quote from: claws on February 17, 2015, 03:31:16 PM
~ Jennifer Connelly used to bash her movie Phenomena on talk shows.
You beat me to it Claws! I read that she said that Phenomena was just an excuse to holiday in Italy. I am soooo in love with her, but dissing Argento is blasphemy (well his 70s - early 80s output anyway.)
How about Tom Savini in The Ripper? now THATS something to be ashamed of.
I'm also thinking what what Joe Pantolino (sp?) thought of The Final Terror?
Also Jason Alexander in The Burning. I can't see him praising that one.
You know what? Wouldn't these embarassments be a red flag from the get go? I mean do they read the script or what? :question:
I've often thought what John Travolta thought about The Devil's Rain and Carrie. :smile:
Quote from: Trevor on March 11, 2015, 02:16:30 AM
I've often thought what John Travolta thought about The Devil's Rain and Carrie. :smile:
Watching THE DEVIL'S RAIN probably gave him the trots.
The Devils Rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Dg9d_v6-8#)
He should be proud that he was part of Carrie :thumbup:
Sid Haig was ashamed of Galaxy of Terror even before it was made and asked for most of this dialogue to be cut out.
Quote from: Dark Alex on March 12, 2015, 02:21:53 PM
Sid Haig was ashamed of Galaxy of Terror even before it was made and asked for most of this dialogue to be cut out.
Erin Moran should've been ashamed.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 20, 2015, 11:44:16 PM
I think MICHAEL CAINE knocked his appearance in BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
He's admitted to doing that flick, as well as several others (
The Swarm and
Jaws: The Revenge come immediately to mind) strictly for the pay check.
He was famously quoted that he'd never even seen
Jaws: The Revenge, but he's seen the house it paid for, "and it's terrific!" :bouncegiggle:
A few others off the top of my head:
I've always wanted to meet David Hasselhoff so I could tell him how much I love Star Crash. I imagine he'd say something along the lines of "So you're the guy! I thought you were just a legend."
Henry "New Superman" Cavill was in one of the many direct-to-video "Hellraiser" sequels (I believe it was "Hellworld.")
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 20, 2015, 07:54:33 PM
Quote from: ulthar on February 20, 2015, 12:23:22 AM
Quote from: Ted C on February 19, 2015, 11:31:46 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on February 19, 2015, 09:11:31 PMRaul Julia, a fantastic actor, relishing his role in the crappy Street Fighter movie in 1994, because his kids were fans of the video games/cartoons related to Street Fighter, and he wanted to do this for them personally as they were stoked when they heard a film was being made. He's the best part of the film.
You don't say... :drink:
I think it's fair to say Raul Julia is the best part of other films as well.
Perhaps not known as well in the "mainstream," he'd rank as a truly underrated actor in my opinion.
He's vastly underrated. I only know him from his film work, but I heard he was a fantastic stage actor as well, doing Broadway and the like. But almost every film I have seen him in, he's stolen it as the breakaway actor in it.
RAUL JULIA is wonderful in anything he appears in. I saw him on Broadway in
MAN OF LA MANCHA and he was wonderful in a show I don't particularly like. He is vastly underrated indeed.
Quote from: Trevor on March 11, 2015, 02:16:30 AM
I've often thought what John Travolta thought about The Devil's Rain and Carrie. :smile:
He must not've hated CARRIE too much, he worked with De Palma again in BLOW OUT (which was awesome).
I've always wondered how Sam Rockwell feels about having CLOWNHOUSE on his resume.