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Some directors collaborate perfectly with their actors, and sometimes it leads to an ongoing working relationship that yields numerous iconic films and performances. There is Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, and Nora Ephron and Meg Ryan, to list just a few.
However, not every director and actor works well together, even if it leads to a good film. Some actors and directors were so bitter both during and after a film shoot that they swore never to work together again. These are 10 actors and 10 directors who worked together once, and will probably never collaborate again.
10 Mike Myers and Penelope Spheeris
Spheeris was the director for Wayne's World, the SNL skit turned movie that launched Myers' career and enabled him to make Austin Powers and his other films. Although the film became a popular comedy classic and a box office hit, Myers was not 100% happy with Spheeris' version and he demanded some parts be re-edited. Spheeris was not pleased with the changes and was not brought back to direct the sequel Wayne's World 2.
9 Val Kilmer And Joel Schumacher
Schumacher was brought in to replace Tim Burton as the director of the Batman movies of the 1990s after a conflict with the studio. Val Kilmer came on to replace Michael Keaton as Batman as well. Kilmer has a history of being difficult to work with, a great example of his bad on-set behavior was his diva-like conduct when making the botched flop The Island Of Doctor Moreau. Apparently, Kilmer brought his bad attitude to the set of Batman Forever. By the end of filming, Schumacher was not holding his tongue about Kilmer. "I’m tired of defending overpaid, over privileged actors."
8 Julia Roberts And Stephen Spielberg
Roberts played Tinkerbell in Spielberg's Hook, an adaptation of Peter Pan starring Robin Williams as Pan. According to Buzzfeed, Roberts was moody and behaved erratically during filming, making shooting a challenge for the director. In Roberts' defense, she had just gone through a severe breakup with her fiancé Kiefer Sutherland. Although the two have not done a film since Hook, Spielberg was rather gracious when describing the difficult shoot. "...it was simply bad timing for all of us that she happened to start on Hook at that low point."
7 Bruce Willis And Kevin Smith
Many agree that Cop Out is not Kevin Smith's best film. Also, apparently during the shooting, Smith claims that Willis was a dismissive bully to him. Smith once said that Willis told him, "Please don't put your loser stink on me." Willis retorted by calling Smith a "whiner," but then went on to say he was not going to start a public feud with the director. "Sometimes you just don’t get along," said Willis. Smith later apologized for his "petty' remarks when news broke that Willis was diagnosed with aphasia, which is causing the actor to retire.
6 Edward Norton And Tony Kaye
Although American History X, won several awards and garnered massive critical acclaim, director Tony Kaye has denounced the film entirely. According to Kaye, Norton was permitted to re-edit the film to highlight his performance more, much against Kaye's wishes. Kaye even goes as far as to say that American History X, "is not my film," because the changes between his and Norton's preferred version were so stark.
5 Katherine Heigl And Judd Apatow
Knocked Up cemented the careers of Apatow as a director and Seth Rogen as a star. However, Heigl, who played the female lead, found herself in a bit of controversy when she said that filming the movie was sexist, and that she did not like some of the movie's undertones. Heigl later retracted her comments, but the damage to her working relationship with Apatow was done. This was not the only time Heigl was considered to be disrespectful to her bosses, Heigl was dismissed from Grey's Anatomy following disapproving comments of the show's creator Shonda Rhimes, and for pulling her name from the Emmy nomination pool without consulting Rhimes.
4 Gal Gadot And Josh Whedon
According to Gadot, Whedon was verbally abusive to her while filming reshoots for Justice League after director Zach Snyder backed out. Since then, many who have worked with Whedon as either cast or crew, most of them women, have come forward with other stories of verbal abuse.
3 Robert Downey Jr. And David Fincher
David Fincher is well-known for his intense shooting schedules, sometimes keeping people on set for more than 12 hours at a time. This did not bode well for Robert Downey Jr. when filming Zodiac with Fincher. Downey told the director that he "could not work like this," as he was "on his feet" for 14 hours a day. Allegedly, Downey's form of protest was to leave jars of urine around the set, maybe a commentary on the fact the schedule was depriving Downey of bathroom breaks? Who knows. But Downey probably understands the importance of a respectful film schedule, he is the son of a legendary director after all.
2 Ed Harris And James Cameron
Cameron is another director who is famously harsh on his actors. Stories abound online about how difficult it was for the actors of Titanic to handle the cold water and intense stunts. When filming The Abyss, the film's star, Ed Harris, was less than pleased with his treatment. Also, he did not like how Cameron forced him to constantly slap his co-star Elizabeth Mastrantonio while shooting a very traumatic drowning scene.
1 Faye Dunaway And Roman Polanski
The filming of Polanski's noir classic Chinatown was a famous nightmare. Polanski and Dunaway were at each other's throats constantly, and Polanski went as far as to deny the actress bathroom breaks during the shooting of an important scene. Dunaway allegedly got so furious that she began to urinate in jars and cups, and eventually her frustration led her to throw a cup of her urine in the director's face. One book also alleges that Dunaway had a habit of urinating in trash cans on the set of Chinatown, but remember allegations are not always based on fact. Despite the conflict, and the bizarre behind-the-scenes rumors, her performance did earn her an Oscar nomination in 1975.