| 1 | !!Creator Backlashes from media: |
| 2 | [[index]] |
| 3 | * [[CreatorBacklash/LiveActionFilmMultipleCreators Examples from multiple creators]] |
| 4 | * [[CreatorBacklash/DCExtendedUniverse DC Extended Universe]] |
| 5 | [[/index]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !Other examples: |
| 8 | * Brandon T. Jackson regrets making ''[[Film/BigMommasHouse Big Momma's: Like Father, Like Son]]'' and says that he only did this film for the money and to work with Martin Lawrence. Jackson said that wearing a dress ruined his acting career. This is coming from the same man who wore UncoolUndies in the movie Film/RollBounce. |
| 9 | * Creator/MichaelChiklis played Creator/JohnBelushi in ''Film/{{Wired}}'', based on Creator/BobWoodward's Belushi bio of the same name. The plot was bizarre, the film was a bomb, and Chiklis himself had a miserable time making the movie. He has since apologized to Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/JimBelushi for doing it. Both forgave him. |
| 10 | * Despite the film launching their careers, both Creator/SamMendes and Creator/AlanBall would eventually distance themselves from ''Film/AmericanBeauty''. Mendes felt [[CondemnedByHistory the growing critical backlash towards the film]] was justified, feeling it was overpraised at the time of its release, while Ball felt that Creator/KevinSpacey's persona non grata has made the film harder to view in a current light. |
| 11 | * Poor Creator/BillMurray has made fun of ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' quite a bit, up to and including in his role in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' when he was admitting his regrets. He only signed up for the project because he thought Joel Cohen was one of Creator/TheCoenBrothers. |
| 12 | * The Creator/MarxBrothers: |
| 13 | ** They hated their first film, ''Film/TheCocoanuts'', so much that they tried to buy the film from the distributor to prevent its release. The brothers' effort failed and, despite the film's shortcomings, ''The Cocoanuts'' ultimately went on to be massively successful, leading to other (much better) Marx Bros projects. Groucho said of its two directors, "One didn't understand English and the other didn't understand comedy." |
| 14 | ** Groucho considered their last film, ''Film/LoveHappy'', as "terrible", and is the only Marx Brothers film Groucho does not mention in his autobiography, ''Groucho and Me''. He considered ''A Night in Casablanca'' the last Marx Brothers film. |
| 15 | ** ''Humor Risk''. Never seen it? Never even heard of it? That's because Groucho hated the film so much that he went to the trouble of buying ''all'' the copies known and having them destroyed. |
| 16 | * Creator/JulieAndrews has often said she disliked the "wholesome" image that surrounded her following ''Film/MaryPoppins'' and ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''. However, she paid tribute to the films later in her career, at least in front of the cameras. ''Film/{{SOB}}'' actually had this as a plot point, with the main character trying to get Andrews's character (an {{Expy}} of herself and her ol' wholesome filmography) to do a topless scene in a film. |
| 17 | * Creator/NatalieWood hated 1966's ''Film/{{Penelope|1966}}'' so much that right after it released, she bought herself out of her contract with Creator/WarnerBros for $175,000 and fired almost all of her staff of agents, managers and lawyers. She didn't make another film (''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice'') for three years. |
| 18 | * Creator/JessicaAlba has said that she dislikes most of the work on her resume. She had such a bad time filming ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer'' [[CreatorBreakdown that she almost quit acting altogether]]; she was reportedly given directions like: "Too real. Act less. Cry Pretty." |
| 19 | * Creator/IdrisElba has made fun of ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'' in interviews. He also openly admitted that the ONLY reason he agreed to do the film in the first place was to meet Creator/NicolasCage. |
| 20 | * Creator/ZoeSaldana said she did not have fun making ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', which explains why her character mysteriously disappears in the sequels. As she put it: |
| 21 | -->"Those weren’t the right people for me. I’m not talking about the cast. The cast was great. I’m talking about the political stuff that went on behind closed doors. It was a lot of above-the-line versus below-the-line, extras versus actors, producers versus [=PAs=]. It was very elitist. I almost quit the business. I was 23 years old, and I was like, “Fuck this!” I am never putting myself in this situation again. People disrespecting me because they look at my number on a call sheet and they think I’m not important. Fuck you." |
| 22 | * Creator/HugoWeaving has also openly admitted that he did the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' for the [[MoneyDearBoy money]] and has no particular interest in the movies. Michael Bay was particularly pissed off with Weaving after hearing this. |
| 23 | * Creator/MeganFox has a history of badmouthing the director and franchise that made her famous, Creator/MichaelBay and the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries''. Though she's certainly not the only one who feels that way, as Creator/ShiaLaBeouf has mentioned that he wasn't too fond of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' himself, claiming that the film made no sense to him (or anyone else for that matter). Bay definitely has a real talent for pissing people off, as several actors and actresses including Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/KateBeckinsale (who claimed that Bay made her feel "ugly" on the set), and Creator/BruceWillis have all said in one way or another that they would never work with Bay again. Even Michael Bay ''himself'' [[http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/6829/michael-bay-apologizes-for-transformers-2-promises-a-better-transformers-3 apologized for]] ''Revenge of the Fallen''. |
| 24 | * Creator/PeterCullen was not fond of Optimus Prime's newfound hostility towards humans in ''[[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Age of Extinction]]''. Likewise, he was not happy with his experience in recording ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', as he had been brought in for a single day to provide new dialogue for scenes that had already been recorded and animated with [[TheOtherMarty another actor]]. |
| 25 | * Creator/RickMoranis hated doing ''Film/StreetsOfFire'', mostly because he was not allowed to improvise, and he disliked the finished product. |
| 26 | * Creator/StephenKing: |
| 27 | ** The original ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984'' adaptation. He so disliked the final product that he has avoided having anything to do with the later adaptations, even when they tried to be more faithful to his story. |
| 28 | ** King didn't want to talk about the adaptation of ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'' for the longest time. It [[InNameOnly departs so far from his short story]] (the only similarity is the presence of a guy who mows lawns) that before it was released he sued the producers to prevent them from promoting it as "Stephen King's ''The Lawnmower Man''" (a few onesheets with that wording nevertheless still exist). After watching it some time later he admitted he liked it, though. |
| 29 | ** King's only directorial effort to date is ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'', an adaptation of his short story ''Trucks''; he has long since panned the film as one of the "worst adaptations" of any of his works, going so far as to write it off as a "moron movie." (Incidentally, [[SelfAdaptation King himself wrote the script]], and also [[CreatorCameo appears in the movie]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygWMy-QQNbw And in the trailer]]. [[http://monsterpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/maximum-overdrive-poster.jpg And on the poster]].) He has since stuck with what he does best. |
| 30 | ** He was also considerably displeased with the changes made to ''Literature/TheShining'' for Creator/StanleyKubrick's [[Film/TheShining film adaptation]], eventually leading to him creating a more faithful adaptation in miniseries form. His overall opinion of the film version is somewhat closer to lukewarm, though--it's not bad, it's just not ''his story.'' |
| 31 | * Creator/MichaelJFox regrets having been in ''Film/TeenWolf'', which has maintained its cult popularity and got a sequel. He appeared in the original simply because he had a break in his ''Series/FamilyTies'' schedule and the shoot was quick. Fox refused to do the sequel, which caused problems because he was the title character. Ultimately, Jason Bateman was cast as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. |
| 32 | * Parodied by Creator/KevinSmith: |
| 33 | ** When a group of people announced they were going to picket his film ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' at a theater near where he lives, Smith himself showed up and picketed the film too with a "Dogma is dogshit" sign. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QepgKVOVfZ8 He ends up being filmed by a news crew as a protester, and the reporter recognized him.]] Hilariously, Smith--who was wearing the same overcoat that his character Silent Bob wears in the movie, and using the name of his close friend and fellow protester Bryan Johnson--made a point of telling the interviewer that he hadn't seen it, "but [fellow Catholics] tell me it was really, really bad," despite thinking ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' was really funny. |
| 34 | ** He also famously made a mock apology for how awful ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' was on the official movie website just to screw with all the fans who hated it. Listen to the commentary track on the Laserdisc and DVD--Smith, Ben Affleck, and Jason Mewes destroy the movie throughout. |
| 35 | ** He has a genuinely low opinion of ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'' and ''Film/CopOut'' though, considering them films that anyone could make. |
| 36 | * Creator/GwynethPaltrow was displeased with ''View From The Top'' and doesn't speak very positively about some of her film roles in the mid-'00s. |
| 37 | * The ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films: |
| 38 | ** Creator/DavidFincher doesn't talk about ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'' and refuses to put it on his resume to this day, chiefly because he was brought onto the film late in its already [[TroubledProduction troubled production cycle]] (which had gone through three other directors and numerous rewrites), and his vision for the final product was hampered by major ExecutiveMeddling. He finally did speak about it [[http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/exclusive-fincher-explains-reasons-why-he-made-each-of-his-films/ here]], but without fondness. [[https://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/interviews/charles-de-lauzirika-2/2/ The guy responsible for the film's DVD]] tells that the one time Fincher contacted him "he was so pained to even mention the title ''Alien 3''", hence he opted to not push too hard on getting him (Fincher is absent from the documentaries and as opposed to the other three directors being directly involved with the [[ReCut special editions]], ''Alien 3'' only took an early cut found in the studio archives and completed the unfinished visual effects). |
| 39 | ** Creator/SigourneyWeaver forced the script writers to kill her character Ellen Ripley off in the third movie, and only reprised her role [[MoneyDearBoy after being offered a ton of money]]. |
| 40 | ** Creator/JossWhedon's opinion about ''Film/AlienResurrection'' is that it twisted around all the good ideas in his script. The director, Creator/JeanPierreJeunet, was never happy with it either, and makes dismissive comments about it on the DVD for his next film, ''Film/{{Amelie}}''. |
| 41 | * Music/CourtneyLove doesn't mind if you think ''Sid & Nancy'' was her first film. Her actual first film was a neowestern called ''Film/StraightToHell'', which was filmed on a lark with a cast of punk rockers after their music tour was canceled. When the film was brought up by an interviewer, Love immediately replied "Trust me, you don't want to see it." |
| 42 | * Creator/JossWhedon disowned the ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' film for which he provided the script. He launched [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the series]] to correct the errors of executive meddling, retconning major plots of the film, but keeping in the part where Buffy said that she burned down the gym. |
| 43 | * Creator/FayeDunaway regrets having played Joan Crawford in ''Film/MommieDearest'' for a multitude of reasons. She intensely disliked the book it was based on, feeling it was a very one-sided account, and signed on for the film only after being promised it would take a more balanced look at Crawford's life. However, scenes which provided explanations for Crawford's erratic behavior wound up being cut, making her look like a deranged cartoon character. She also took issue with Frank Perry's direction and the way the film was marketed, which she feels contributed to its camp reputation. In addition to the film's reception, making it was a tremendously difficult and tiring experience for her, as she found Crawford's presence hard to shake at the end of each shooting day. As a result, Dunaway is incredibly reticent to discuss the film in any context. |
| 44 | * Despite the film being a horror classic, many cast and crew members of ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' (1931) felt this way about the film: |
| 45 | ** Creator/BelaLugosi enjoyed making the film and playing the character, though he later referred to it as a "blessing and a curse" and disliked the typecasting that occurred after the film. He spent his later years making B-films (at best) and battling drug addiction. |
| 46 | ** Director Tod Browning did not enjoy making the film, since his original choice for the film, Creator/LonChaney, had died, and the film was being made on a much lower budget than he wanted. The cast complained about Browning being a hands-off director, and showing no enthusiasm for the project whatsoever. |
| 47 | ** Creator/DwightFrye (Renfield) was also typecast as crazy loons after the film, and he was not happy about it. His career never recovered, and he died of a heart attack in 1943 at the age of 44. |
| 48 | ** Helen Chandler (Mina) wanted to play Alice in a film adaptation of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' and wasn't happy being stuck in a horror picture instead. Her career never got off the ground, and she battled alcoholism only a few years later, and nearly burned to death in a fire 15 years before her death at age 59. |
| 49 | ** David Manners (John) didn't have it as bad as his co-stars, but he disliked being a Hollywood actor and making ''Dracula'', and in an interview shortly before he died in 1998, claimed to have never seen the finished film. |
| 50 | * Creator/JoelSchumacher has repeatedly apologized for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6epsGrcuTs this interview]] is one such instance. Also, Creator/GeorgeClooney highly regrets being in this film, feeling that he helped kill the 90s ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' film franchise. One persistent, unattributed rumor is that he will give the price of admission to the film back to anybody that approaches him and says they saw it in theaters. Clooney also likes to say he played Batman ''gay'' [[UnfortunateImplications to show his contempt for the part]]. Even the soundtrack of the film hates the film. Music/SoulCoughing recorded "The Bug", which includes the repeated mantra "Creator/GeorgeClooney is Satan." It's also worth noting that lead singer Mike Doughty hates the lyrics he wrote so much that he [[http://web.archive.org/web/19990429024314/http://soulcoughing.com/otherback.html#Thebug refused to provide them]] on the band's old website. |
| 51 | * Creator/TimCurry (a.k.a. Dr. Frank N Furter) was ''very'' reluctant to talk about being in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' for years, mostly due to some rather unpleasant memories involving stalkers and people digging through his trash. However, he's become more open to talk about being in ''Rocky Horror'' and sees it as a "rite of passage" for teenagers. Most of the main cast of ''RHPS'' at first distanced themselves from the production, only to embrace it years later. The lone hold-out is Peter Hinwood, who played Rocky, who immediately and permanently tried to [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain pretend it never happened]], albeit for different reasons - he's incredibly self-critical and finds it extremely embarrassing to watch himself on a big screen. |
| 52 | ** Creator/RichardOBrien quickly dismissed the loose sequel ''Film/ShockTreatment'' as an abortion. |
| 53 | * Creator/RolandEmmerich regrets making the 1998 remake of ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'', but protects it all the same. |
| 54 | * Creator/WalterHill was able to take his name off ''Film/{{Supernova}}'', but still considers Creator/JamesSpader's performance one of the best things about the film. However, Spader himself has said that if you skip any film of his, it should be this one. He (Creator/WalterHill that is) also has a mild dislike of Film/SouthernComfort, and in his own words "The sound is too low, the plotting is too slow, and at the premiere I thought it was a no-go". He's come around to it over the years, but maintains that his criticisms still stand. |
| 55 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': |
| 56 | ** Creator/SeanConnery grew to dislike the role, even though it's what made him a star. Distancing himself from 007 is one of the main reasons he took the role of Zed in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''. Needless to say, that worked beyond his wildest dreams. |
| 57 | ** Screenwriter Richard Maibaum, who wrote thirteen of the first sixteen films in the franchise, never made a point of hiding his criticism of several of the films and actors. Among his main criticisms are: the casting of Creator/AdolfoCeli as the villain of ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''; the casting of Creator/GeorgeLazenby as James Bond in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''; the changes made by other writers to the scripts he wrote for ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' and ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''; criticizing the plots of films that he didn't even write (''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''); the lack of chemistry between the main couple in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''; and finally the casting of Creator/RogerMoore as James Bond (Maibaum wrote five of the seven films starring Moore). Maibaum said he preferred Connery to Moore, and that although Moore had his attributes, he believed that the actor's most comical approach was extremely damaging, as it prevented the viewers from believing in the character's actions. |
| 58 | ** While Creator/RogerMoore enjoyed playing Bond, his absolute least favorite film from his tenure was ''Film/AViewToAKill'' due to the tensions he had with costars Creator/TanyaRoberts and Creator/GraceJones, and the gratuitous violence within the movie (namely, main villain Max Zorin gunning down his own miners). Not helping matters was his discovery that he was older than Tanya Roberts' ''mother'' (though, to be fair, said mother had her out of teen pregnancy). For that reason in particular, he bowed out of the role after this film. |
| 59 | ** Creator/PierceBrosnan admits that he only likes ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' and that he does not hold the next three films in high esteem. In fact, Brosnan even jokes that he can't remember the correct order of the following films, as the three look the same in his memories. It certainly didn't help that he was canned before the praised ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. |
| 60 | ** Creator/SamMendes, whom directed the acclaimed ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and the lukewarmly-recieved ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', admitted that the troubled production for ''Spectre'' came down to a screenplay that wasn’t properly finished before they even started filming, as a result of infighting and interference with the producers, studio, and Daniel Craig. |
| 61 | * Creator/ChevyChase hated ''Film/CaddyshackII'', even during production, so much so that after a take, he mentioned to the producer to call him when a laugh track had been added, and stormed off in disgust. |
| 62 | ** Nearly everyone else involved with the original refused to do the sequel which is why it's filled with SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes. |
| 63 | * Music/{{KISS}} refuses to even discuss their SoBadItsGood film ''Film/KISSMeetsThePhantomOfThePark''. That film is as horrifically cheesy as it sounds. |
| 64 | ** Paul Stanley, in one of the only times they ''did'' discuss it, mentioned that he was so embarrassed watching the film, that he sank in his chair and wanted to crawl out of the theater. Stanley has eased back a bit in recent years, as he's talked and joked about it in his frequent appearances on Wrestling/ChrisJericho's podcast. |
| 65 | *** According to Ace Frehley's biography, he's the only person who didn't hate the film; he likened it to a cheesy Saturday morning cartoon - understandable, considering [[Creator/HannaBarbera who made the movie]] - and said that Gene Simmons (who was the most vocal in hating the film) took the production far too seriously. |
| 66 | * Two of the stars of ''Film/ForceTenFromNavarone'' did not have good things to say about it: |
| 67 | ** Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."[[note]]And then he died before the film was released[[/note]] |
| 68 | ** While he appreciated what other people were trying to do and felt they had made a decent film, Creator/HarrisonFord complained that he really had nothing to do in the film and he couldn't figure out what his character added to it. |
| 69 | * Creator/AlecBaldwin: |
| 70 | ** He claims to hate his long-shelved directorial debut ''The Devil and Daniel Webster''/''Shortcut to Happiness''. He also disowned his role in ''Film/RockOfAges'', calling it a "horrible movie", and stated that the only reason he did this movie was to work with Creator/TomCruise. |
| 71 | ** In an interview with NPR, he admitted that he dislikes ''Film/TheMarryingMan'' and a great many of his early movies. He says he was aware the scripts were awful, but that growing up in a household where his parents frequently struggled to make ends meet motivated him to [[MoneyDearBoy earn as much money as possible as quickly as possible]]. |
| 72 | * Creator/BillCosby hates his notorious "comedy" ''Film/LeonardPart6'' as much as audiences did - possibly even more, going on numerous talk shows telling people not to see it even before it was released. |
| 73 | * Creator/RobertPattinson, the male lead in the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' movies, has outright mentioned in interviews that he hates his character Edward and considers Creator/StephenieMeyer insane. It is to the point where you can find Website/YouTube compilation videos that run for almost ten minutes that just consist of Pattinson trashing everything around the franchise. The female lead, Creator/KristenStewart, doesn't seem overly fond of the movie either, but she's less vocal about it. There are some pretty great photos floating around of her looking utterly bored at the premiere to ''Breaking Dawn Pt. 2''. |
| 74 | * Creator/JaredPadalecki has denounced his role in ''Film/NewYorkMinute'' with the [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Olsen Twins]]. Although he does it mostly in jest, he still said that it's the one film credit he wishes he could erase from his resume. Even the Olsen Twins themselves have gone on record stating that the film was done [[ContractualObligationProject purely to fulfill a contractual obligation]]. |
| 75 | * Back in the 1970s, after years of making the character his own, a cheesed off and increasingly typecast Creator/ChristopherLee made a complete disconnect from {{Dracula}}. It didn't help that Christopher Lee reported that Hammer Film kept him playing the role well below his actual payscale by guilt-tripping him - 'you work at this pay we say or we'll have to put these crew members you like out of the job'. If his claims are true, no wonder he hated the role. |
| 76 | * During the production of ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', Christopher Lee personally apologized to director Creator/JoeDante for being in ''[[Film/TheHowling Howling II]]'', as Dante had also directed the first film in that series. |
| 77 | * Creator/OrlandoBloom, while never outright complaining about or bashing his ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' character Will Turner, has made it bluntly clear that he wants nothing more to do with the character. Creator/KeiraKnightley seems to share a similar disposition towards Elizabeth Swann. Predictably, neither returned for ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]''. Though apparently, their attitudes toward their characters stem not from the characters themselves, but [[RomanticPlotTumor the romance story that took over the trilogy.]] To the point both appeared to changed their minds by the time of the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales fifth film]], where they have brief appearances. |
| 78 | * The movie ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' has the character of Terence Mann (James Earl Jones) who just wants to be left alone by the fans of his writing. Terence Mann is said to be inspired by the life of reclusive author J.D. Salinger. Salinger is the author sought by the main character in ''[[Creator/WPKinsella Shoeless Joe]]'', the novel the film is based on. Salinger became reclusive after critics panned ''Nine Stories'', his short story anthology published after ''The Catcher in the Rye''. |
| 79 | * Mark Romanek refused to release his feature directorial debut ''Film/{{Static}}'' (a quirky black comedy reminiscent of Creator/DavidLynch) on DVD for almost a whole decade. He has expressed that, while he does not actually dislike the film, he considers it a "sophomore attempt" that does not stand up well when compared with his more recent work; and is best forgotten. This is exacerbated by the film's seriously DownerEnding. |
| 80 | * In her Razzie acceptance speech for Worst Actress, Creator/HalleBerry called ''Film/Catwoman2004'' an "awful, piece of shit movie." And the crowd went wild. |
| 81 | ** The Razzies also saw the appearance of one of the credited writers, Michael Ferris. His usual writing partner, John D. Brancato, detailed that the duo were among the few to get a credit out of ''27'' - "fourteen before me, one after I was fired the first time, and eleven after I was fired the second time" - while also declaring that [[http://johnbrancato.blogspot.com.br/2009/06/apology.html "My name has wound up on about fifteen motion pictures. I like a couple of them, or at least parts of a couple of them, but most aren't all that good."]] He also has [[http://johnbrancato.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-beat-twice-dead-horse.html many complaints]] about ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' (although he was happy to see that despite so much ExecutiveMeddling the DownerEnding was mantained) and ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' (where the fact the ending he wrote was changed made Brancato angry). |
| 82 | * Creator/SylvesterStallone: |
| 83 | ** Sly is not fond in retrospect of his various attempts to stretch into comedy, famously calling ''Film/StopOrMyMomWillShoot'' "the worst movie ever made in our solar system, including alien productions we have never seen." |
| 84 | ** Stallone has also expressed distaste towards ''Film/RockyIV'' and ''Film/RockyV'', and to a lesser extent ''Film/RockyIII''. He said that if he could make ''Rocky IV'' again he would have hired Bill Conti to score it (this is the only film of the series to have been scored by someone else - [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Vince DiCola]], if you're wondering) and would have punched Brigitte Nielsen in the face. |
| 85 | ** He also deeply regretted ''Film/{{Rhinestone}}'' but did enjoy working with Dolly Parton nevertheless. |
| 86 | ** Stallone has expressed embarrassment about ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', largely because of its drastic GenreShift from ''Film/FirstBlood'' having a dark anti-war content towards an ass-kicking action movie where ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer. However, it's a more affectionate embarrassment, since the film is too iconic for him to want to truly disown. |
| 87 | ** He's also disowned the first sequel to ''Film/EscapePlan'', saying it may be the single worst movie in his entire filmography. |
| 88 | * Many of Creator/PeterSellers' early 1970s efforts, when his star had fallen far enough he was willing to do anything, qualify as this in one way or another. He tried to prevent the release of 1970's ''Hoffman'' and badmouthed 1972's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' before it opened. In fact, he called his 1965 through mid-1970s output a "bad patch" to ''Time'' magazine not long before his death. Sellers was infamous for being overly self-critical of his work, though - the truly shameful work didn't kick in until the '70s. (And ''Hoffman'' is surprisingly popular with the more devoted fans.) |
| 89 | * Creator/JohnWayne aggressively campaigned to be cast as [[QuestionableCasting Genghis Khan]] in ''Film/TheConqueror''. He would later shudder at the mention of the movie and claimed the moral of the story was "not to make an ass of yourself trying to play parts you're not suited for." This movie did have a very good, and tragic, reason to be regretted; it was shot in Nevada near an atomic test site, and many of the cast and crew (including director Creator/DickPowell, co-stars Creator/SusanHayward and Creator/AgnesMoorehead, and Wayne himself) were later stricken with cancer. Studio owner Creator/HowardHughes took the film out of circulation for many years, but contrary to that fact, he actually liked the film... |
| 90 | * Creator/FritzLang came to dislike his best-known film, the sci-fi epic ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', called it "silly" and "ridiculous" in interviews, and tried to draw attention to his favorite film ''Film/{{M}}'' instead. There were many reasons for this: the heavy executive meddling by distributors who cut a quarter of the film's footage (Lang died believing that a full cut no longer existed, and the full cut was only re-assembled in 2011), reports that it was UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's [[MisaimedFandom favorite film]] (especially bitter since Lang was half-Jewish, and emigrated from Germany in 1934 to get away from the Nazis[[note]] As well as the Jewish ancestry, which the Nazis knew about, Lang's previous film, ''Film/TheTestamentOfDrMabuse'', had shown the title villain spouting Nazi propaganda phrases as part of his insane rants, and had been banned for incitement to public disorder. Controversially, Lang recounts that Josef Goebbels called him in for an interview, claimed to have had no personal part in the banning of ''Dr. Mabuse'', and offered to make him the boss of the government-controlled film studio UFA, overlooking Lang's Jewish ancestry as part of the deal. Lang asked for time to consider, then fled the country that night.[[/note]]), and that the plot ''was'' a little silly (and was written by his ex-wife, whom he divorced over political and creative differences -- namely, that she was becoming a Nazi). It overshadowed the other three decades of his long film career. |
| 91 | * Creator/MikeJudge hated ''Film/OfficeSpace'' for several years after its release. Due to insane amounts of ExecutiveMeddling and lousy marketing, he had trouble watching it again without those memories popping up. He said that he never watched the whole movie again for many years until his daughter asked to watch it. He has since felt a bit more positive about the film. |
| 92 | * J. D. Shapiro, the original screenwriter of ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', was fired from the film because ExecutiveMeddling wanted to change his script too much, and he didn't want to - considering the end result of the changes, a wise choice. Shapiro even wanted to [[AlanSmithee remove his name from the credits]], and shows his disgust (and SelfDeprecation) by both receiving the Razzies of the film (the one for Worst Screenplay in a radio program, and the one for Worst Picture of the Decade at the actual ceremony!), and posting an [[http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/battlefield-earth-scripter-pens-apology/ apology letter]], which included the line "The only time I saw the movie was at the premiere, which was one too many times". |
| 93 | ** Creator/BarryPepper didn't like it any more than Shapiro, and said that if he'd known one of the Razzies had his name on it, he would have shown up alongside Shapiro. |
| 94 | * Creator/OrsonWelles: |
| 95 | ** He had a love/hate relationship with ''Film/CitizenKane'', leaning often towards the latter, as he considered his later works ''Film/TheTrial'' and ''Film/ChimesAtMidnight'' to be much better. This was in large part because after it was voted the Best Film Ever Made multiple times, ''Citizen Kane'' became [[SmallReferencePools the only thing anybody wanted to talk to him about]]. It was also invoked by producers and critics (especially Pauline Kael) as a way to write-off Welles as a OneBookAuthor, which obviously made it harder for Welles to get funding for making later projects. Welles also lamented the general hypocrisy of producers telling him how much they liked Kane but still conduct ExecutiveMeddling forgetting that Kane was the only film of Welles' that had ProtectionFromEditors. Welles didn't really dislike Kane however, he always did say that it was the only film of his that had total freedom, made without budget restrictions and external pressure, and it came out exactly as he intended. |
| 96 | ** He also did not like ''Film/TheStranger'' all that much, calling it one of his worst films, though as he said, "I did my best with it." It was his attempt to make a more mainstream film after ''Kane'' and ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'' flopped at the box office, and indeed, it was one of his few films to make a profit in its theatrical release. He also disliked the omission of a somewhat dreamlike scene, which he felt would have made the film more interesting. Today, the film is somewhat admired, if not considered one of his best works. It was the first mainstream Hollywood film to tackle with UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and show footage from the camps. |
| 97 | ** In one interview Welles did with Michael Parkinson, he lamented that he only disliked his movies because he was such a perfectionist and it drove him up the wall that he couldn't possibly change or improve them, unlike the freedom of rewriting a novel. |
| 98 | ** In terms of acting roles, Welles famously described his role in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' in a dismissive way of "I play a toy who gets angry at a bunch of smaller toys" |
| 99 | * ''Film/BabylonAD'' was hit with this before it even came out. The director, Creator/MatthieuKassovitz, has been quite open about how his initial vision of a dark but thoughtful cyberpunk world was [[ExecutiveMeddling meddled with beyond all recognition]] and turned into "a bad episode of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''." In the making-of featurette, he can be seen apologizing to the cast and crew while the film was still in production. |
| 100 | * Reportedly, the second ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' movie suffered from this. The owners of the franchise decided that the movie wasn't ''Asterix''-ish enough, so they dropped all the elements they didn't like for the third movie. Unfortunately for them, [[Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames said third film]] was a spectacular failure, while [[Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra the one they didn't like]] is still the most critically and commercially successful of all three movies (now five). |
| 101 | * Right up to his death, Creator/JerryLewis refused to talk in any great detail about his unreleased film ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'', a WWII comedy (with heavy tragic elements) about an inept German clown who is sent to a concentration camp and who, feeling unaccepted by the people on his side of the fence, decides to entertain the Jewish prisoners. Few people have ever seen the film, and Lewis apparently kept his own VHS copy locked away for good; time will tell if it will see the light of day now that Lewis has passed on, though considering a year or two before his passing Lewis donated a film print to the Library of Congress and cleared it to be screened as early as 2024 there may be some hope yet. |
| 102 | * Creator/PaulVerhoeven disowned ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' after the film's writer Creator/JoeEszterhas edited the film without his permission. When the film won its numerous Razzie Awards, [[MedalOfDishonor he accepted them]] to show his hatred of the film. He did say once that "Some day, people will realize that ''Showgirls'' was an elegantly made movie", but then, he might have been referring to his own cut of the film. Creator/KyleMacLachlan doesn't speak very positive of the movie either. |
| 103 | * ''Film/{{Caligula}}''. Creator/GoreVidal walked away from production because he hated how director Tinto Brass wanted satire in the film. Brass was then cut loose because producer Bob Guccione wanted hardcore sex involving his Penthouse Pets. Neither Vidal or Brass are officially credited in their roles. Most of the actors (with the unsurprising exception of shame-challenged Creator/HelenMirren and Sir Creator/JohnGielgud, who had a blast making it and saw it three times in the cinema) now look upon it as an OldShame due to its reputation as a high-budget porno; Anneka Di Lorenzo eventually won a lawsuit claiming the film damaged her career (though the punitive damages were overturned on appeal). |
| 104 | * Creator/GoreVidal wasn't proud of ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'', claiming it missed the point of the book--the director, Michael Sarne, also wasn't proud of it due to executive meddling. |
| 105 | * Almost no one involved with ''Film/CatChaser'' stands by the released version, with studio-ordered voiceover narration added that another actor was hired to do after Creator/PeterWeller, worn out by a difficult shoot which saw him, director Abel Ferrara and costar Kelly [=McGillis=] often strongly at odds with each other, to the point that [=McGillis=] walked off set during a love scene with him. [=McGillis=], for her part, was so disgusted with the experience she shaved her head immediately afterwards and took three years off from acting. |
| 106 | * Creator/HarlanEllison made it '''very''' clear that he was not a fan of ''Film/TheOscar'', which was his only feature screenwriting credit. |
| 107 | * Screenwriter Creator/MikeWhite disowned ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' after the director decided to play up gay stereotypes without his involvement. Being bisexual and with a gay father, White was not pleased when he saw the final product. |
| 108 | * Creator/WilliamGibson has distanced himself from the film adaptation of his short story ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', for which he wrote the screenplay, claiming that ExecutiveMeddling turned what he and director Robert Longo had envisioned as a more experimental, independent film into a mainstream, generic sci-fi action movie. |
| 109 | * Jeff Morrow, the star of the infamous 50's monster-flick ''Film/TheGiantClaw'' didn't get see what the eponymous menace [[SpecialEffectsFailure looked like]] until attending the film's premiere in his hometown. He ending up slinking out of the theater in shame before the film was even over, afraid someone might recognize him |
| 110 | * The Farrelly Brothers disowned the film ''Outside Providence'' (co-written by them and based on a book by Peter Farrelly) after producer Harvey Weinstein insisted on numerous changes from the source material and recut the film in order to make it closer to their ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' rather than the coming-of-age tale the original story was. The final film was a flop with critics and audiences and has been more or less forgotten. |
| 111 | * Creator/MichaelMoore does not like the film ''Slacker Uprising'', which was a documentary that he only did to complete a three-film deal with producer Harvey Weinstein. He even personally bought the rights to the film so Weinstein would never release it theatrically and chose to premiere it for free online. |
| 112 | * Creator/WesCraven: |
| 113 | ** He disowned ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyesPartII'' as he only made the film for the money and felt the story ended with the [[Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977 first movie]] (he later co-wrote the [[Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2 sequel]] to [[Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2006 the remake]] though, which may have been him doing what he could to make it better). |
| 114 | ** He hates the 2005 werewolf movie ''Film/Cursed2005'' as much as film critics do, saying that his experience directing it taught him a lesson on not being a director-for-hire type of person. |
| 115 | ** Many years later, he disowned ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'' due to the constant ExecutiveMeddling the film suffered and the amount of rewrites and reshoots done on the film. |
| 116 | ** ''Film/VampireInBrooklyn'' was also not one of Craven's favorite films (nor star Creator/EddieMurphy's). |
| 117 | * Jim Sheridan has come out and disowned ''Film/DreamHouse'' after the film's producer locked him out of the editing room after reshoots where done (which were done after the film tested poorly). It is not known what Sheridan's original cut was like. As stars Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/RachelWeisz refused to do any promotion for the film, it's safe to say they aren't too fond of it either. |
| 118 | * Creator/MichaelBiehn disowned ''The Blood Bond'', a film he starred in and co-directed, after its nightmarish production and being fired as soon as filming ended (as the film's writer felt it was his movie and not Biehn's). Biehn's voice was also dubbed and he was horrified when he saw the released version. |
| 119 | * Creator/MickeyRourke severely dissed ''A Prayer For The Dying'' before its release (he said making it was "a nightmare"), and director Mike Hodges tried to take his name off the credits; needless to say, both have disowned it. |
| 120 | * Creator/RichardGriffiths hated talking about his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', not because of the quality of the film but because he and most of the cast and the crew were shafted by producer Denis O'Brien and never received their proper payments. |
| 121 | * Creator/BlakeEdwards hated his 1972 film ''The Carey Treatment'' so much that he refused to be involved with the post-production on it. The constant ExecutiveMeddling from Creator/{{MGM}} became so bad that he tried to leave the film during production, only to be told by the studio that doing so would end his career. |
| 122 | ** Edwards also didn't like how his script for ''City Heat'' was rewritten, to the extent that he's billed on the credits as "Sam O. Brown" (have a look at the initials). |
| 123 | * Creator/SamPeckinpah disowned many of his films due either to ExecutiveMeddling or the final product not turning out well. ''Film/MajorDundee'' is the most infamous example, due both to its [[TroubledProduction chaotic production]] and drastic editing by the studio. Kris Kristofferson claims that Peckinpah was so angry at producer James Aubrey's interference on ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'' that he actually '''urinated''' on film negatives before sending them to the studio. TakeThat indeed. |
| 124 | ** Peckinpah didn't always like being associated with bloody films like ''Film/TheWildBunch'' either. He often claimed the mellow comic Western ''Film/TheBalladOfCableHogue'' as the best film he made. |
| 125 | * Creator/DavidLean grew increasingly tired of critics praising the "beastly little British films" like ''Film/BriefEncounter'' and ''Film/{{Great Expectations|1946}}'' he made early in his career. It's not that Lean disliked the films per se; he mostly hated critics using them to disparage his later epics. His unfriendly run-in with Pauline Kael and Richard Schickel stands out: "How could the man who directed ''Brief Encounter'' make a piece of shit like ''Film/RyansDaughter''?" Additionally, Lean claimed to have made ''Madeleine'' (1950) solely to appease his wife, actress Ann Todd. He always disparaged the movie to interviewers, claiming it his worst feature film. That Lean and Todd divorced shortly after the film's release probably didn't sweeten his opinion. |
| 126 | * Creator/AlfredHitchcock claimed to regret making ''Film/ForeignCorrespondent'' after criminals copied its central assassination scene in real life. |
| 127 | * Creator/DavidLynch is so sorry for ''Film/Dune1984''. So, so sorry. So sorry that he got the DGA to credit the longer version to AlanSmithee. He has called it "The only film I have made that I do not like to talk about", and turns down interviews that are specifically about the film saying that it is too painful for him to talk about it, even thirty years later. |
| 128 | * Creator/StanleyKubrick: |
| 129 | ** He so hated his first two movies, ''Fear and Desire'' and ''Killer's Kiss'', for the amateurishness he felt they demonstrated that he bought up most of the prints later in his life and destroyed them. He also hated ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' because of the ExecutiveMeddling. All three films are not included on the Stanley Kubrick DVD and Blu-Ray box sets (though Warner Bros. includes ''Spartacus'' in some markets). |
| 130 | ** He also had sour feelings towards ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', not because of its quality, but because of the MisaimedFandom it attracted. Teens began to enact the same crimes from the movie and it reached the point where Kubrick personally had it banned from being shown in the United Kingdom. |
| 131 | * ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'': |
| 132 | ** According to a 2007 autobiography, both Creator/JohnLeguizamo and Creator/BobHoskins really, ''really'' hated working on the film. It got to the point where they would get drunk in order to endure the experience of the film. They both knew it was going to be bad (and all the principal actors slammed the directors as the most unprofessional people they've ever worked for) but they made the most of it. |
| 133 | ** Creator/DennisHopper also regretted the movie. During an appearance on a talk show, he shared an anecdote of telling his son that he made it so he could have shoes. [[WasItReallyWorthIt His son told him that he didn't need shoes that bad]]. |
| 134 | ** Even Creator/{{Nintendo}} despised the movie, to the point where they [[ScrewedByTheLawyers mandated]] that, outside the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise (which is primarily handled by The Pokémon Company), none of their video games series were to become films. However, in early 2018, after numerous proposals and plans have come and go, Nintendo announced that they're [[https://twitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/958878633652731904?lang=en giving Mario another chance on the big screen]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie this time in animated form]] and by Creator/IlluminationEntertainment. Given the film was made by Disney's Hollywood Pictures, when Nintendo decided to join the theme park business, they aligned with their rival Ride/UniversalStudios. |
| 135 | * Creator/TakeshiKitano disowned ''Brother'' (his only American film to date) due to the constant ExecutiveMeddling and troubles with the MPAA (the film was heavily cut to receive an R rating). After this experience, Kitano swore to never direct another film in the US. |
| 136 | * Creator/DavidORussell has disowned ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'' (which nearly destroyed his career) due to its TroubledProduction and his on-set treatment of Creator/LilyTomlin (which went on to hit MemeticMutation status and made Russell impossible to hire for a few years). |
| 137 | * Creator/StevenSpielberg |
| 138 | ** He stated that ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' was his least favorite of the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series, mainly due to [[DarkerAndEdgier its dark tone]]. Creator/KateCapshaw hates her role as [[DamselScrappy Willie Scott]] as much as the fans do, expressing disgust with it even during filming. |
| 139 | ** Spielberg is also not overly fond of how ''Film/{{Hook}}'' turned out. The [[TroubledProduction production issues]], including directing a headache-inducing Julia Roberts (whom he vowed never to work with again), probably had something to do with it. |
| 140 | * ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'': |
| 141 | ** The second film ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'' suffered from this quite a bit. By the end, many of the main cast had only finished the film because of their contractual obligations. |
| 142 | ** Much later, Creator/AdrianPaul was less than happy with the final product that was the fifth film, ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'' after it was finished. |
| 143 | * Creator/PaulNewman disliked his role in ''Film/TheSilverChalice''; so much so, he named it the worst film of the 1950s and invited some guests to see the movie and mock it ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' style. |
| 144 | * ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': |
| 145 | ** Damon Lindelof apologized for the largely unnecessary fanservice scene of Creator/AliceEve in her underwear. The fact that they had filmed a shower scene for Creator/BenedictCumberbatch but cut it might also be part of the problem. |
| 146 | ** Creator/JohnCho was not shy about his criticism of the decision to cast a [[Creator/BenedictCumberbatch white Englishman]] as Khan, who is supposed to be an Indian Sikh. Cho, who is a vocal advocate for increased diversity in Hollywood, even went so far as to state in interviews that as a child, he loved Khan precisely because he was a rare depiction of a smart, badass man of color on American television. He also had some unkind words for director Creator/JJAbrams, referring to himself as Abrams' "Asian puppet" at one point (though the context could read more as a joke). |
| 147 | ** Creator/KarlUrban, while not outright dismissive of the film, also offered some subtle criticism on the decision to adhere to ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', opining that the next installment should strive to be more original in its plotting. (He, at least, got his wish, with ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' being a comparatively original entry and having almost nothing in common with ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''.) |
| 148 | * Creator/MarinaSirtis really disliked ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', saying that she fell asleep during its premiere. She also mentioned wanting to slug the director, Stuart Baird. This made it into the DVD featurette. (They were really hard up for sound bites.) Other members of the cast have since gone on record as sharing her opinion to various degrees; and when showrunner Terry Matalas was able to re-convene the ''[=TNG=]'' cast for the final season of the SpinOff TV series ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', one of his explicit goals was to replace the botched GrandFinale of ''Nemesis'' with something better. |
| 149 | * Creator/FrancisFordCoppola has evinced mixed feelings towards ''Film/TheGodfather''. On the one hand, he's proud of how well it turned out despite a somewhat TroubledProduction and ExecutiveMeddling, and appreciates that it gave him enough freedom to pursue more personal projects. At the same time, Coppola still considers ''Godfather'' (and especially its sequels) as something he did for money rather than artistic reasons, not regarding it with the same affection as, say, ''Film/TheRainPeople'' or ''Film/TheConversation''. |
| 150 | * Director David L. Cunningham reportedly hated ''Film/TheSeeker'', citing ExecutiveMeddling for the reason it became the trainwreck that it's remembered as. |
| 151 | * Creator/SamRaimi |
| 152 | ** He disowned ''Film/{{Crimewave|1985}}'' due to the film being recut by the studio. |
| 153 | ** He also strongly disliked ''Film/SpiderMan3'' due to the ridiculous amount of ExecutiveMeddling he had to put up with, the most notable of which was the inclusion of Comicbook/{{Venom}}, a villain Raimi has stated multiple times he does not like. The main reason the franchise was cancelled and rebooted with ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' was because Raimi had asked for more creative freedom and a lengthier production time to make sure ''Spider-Man 4'' didn't suffer the same fate as ''3''. When the studio refused, he walked. He was also upset that because of the meddling, the shoot ran out of time enough that the script had to be re-worked to put Mary Jane as the DamselInDistress[[note]]it was originally supposed to be Gwen, where MJ was going to convince Peter and Harry to work together in the climax; her lines during this sequence remained in the trailer[[/note]] just to finish the movie, and he notes on the DVDCommentary that calling Kirsten Dunst to tell her about it, after promising he wouldn't make her a damsel again, was one of the hardest things he's ever done in his career. |
| 154 | ** After producing ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'', Raimi blamed himself and his visual style for its failure. |
| 155 | ** He has also made clear that he regrets making the [[spoiler:infamous tree rape]] scene from ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' and has apologized to both the audience and the actress involved multiple times. |
| 156 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 157 | ** Creator/EdwardNorton had this to say about ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'': |
| 158 | --->I did a big action movie called ''The Incredible Hulk''. You know what went wrong? It needed a better script... I thought maybe we should try to make one Marvel movie that was at least as good as the worst [[Creator/ChristopherNolan Chris Nolan]] movie, but what the hell was I thinking?! |
| 159 | ** Creator/JonFavreau refused to return to direct ''Film/IronMan3'' because of the ExecutiveMeddling ''Film/IronMan2'' had been subjected to in order to set up ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (though that didn't stop him from appearing as Happy Hogan again). His 2014 film ''Film/{{Chef|2014}}'', about a chef who leaves a micromanaged restaurant to become a food truck owner so he can cook what he wants with total freedom, is a stealth TakeThat to his former bosses at Marvel Studios, something that did not go unnoticed by critics. |
| 160 | ** Creator/MickeyRourke wasn't happy about ''Film/IronMan2'' because [[http://screenrant.com/mickey-rourke-iron-man-2-marvel-movies-benm-139224/ he tried to play Ivan Vanko as a complete human being]], but Marvel didn't want an AntiVillain and thus cut his more nuanced and sympathetic scenes in favor of making him seem like a cartoonish monster. |
| 161 | ** Creator/JossWhedon's feelings on working on ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' were mixed to say the least. He has always been a big comic book fan (having actually written for ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'') and due to his cult status he was allowed more input into the Marvel verse than the other directors. He wanted to make the movie smaller and more personal... and found himself filming a movie on an epic scale across the globe (it just sort of happened) and that meant he had to spend a long time away from his family in Burbank. He explicitly did claim that he felt that the movie should have had a longer running time. However, in later interviews Whedon stated that he is proud of the movie in spite of the trouble behind the scenes, and that his initial attitude while promoting it (which he blames on exhaustion) caused people to think he didn't like it. |
| 162 | ** Related, but Creator/JeremyRenner did not like filming ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', as he felt he was misled about the size of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s role and his characterization. He even joked that he would've been fine with Hawkeye being killed off if it meant getting to leave the film. However, he's since said that he's happy with the direction the character was taken in the sequels (with Hawkeye getting much meatier parts in ''Age of Ultron'' and ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame]]''), and looks forward to continuing the role. |
| 163 | ** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' |
| 164 | *** Creator/ChristopherEccleston was angry how Marvel neglected to inform him that he would have to [[DyeingForYourArt spend 6-to-8 hours every day of shooting to have make-up applied to him.]] He went so far as to describe his experience as "just a gun in your mouth." |
| 165 | *** Creator/IdrisElba referred to working on the film as "torture" since the constant re-shoots were exhausting and time-consuming. |
| 166 | *** Creator/NataliePortman was not happy with the decision to fire director Creator/PattyJenkins from ''The Dark World'', and only starred in the movie because Marvel wouldn't allow her to back out of her contract. She got her wish and didn't return for [[Film/ThorRagnarok the third film]], though she's said she would be open to perhaps coming back to the franchise one day. Eventually, Portman later mended fences with Marvel Studios, resulting in her eventually returning for ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''. |
| 167 | *** Creator/ChrisHemsworth also dismissed the movie as "[[SoOkayItsAverage meh]]" in a later interview. The [[DenserAndWackier drastic tonal shift]] in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was due in part to Hemsworth telling Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige that he was getting tired of constantly playing the StraightMan in movies like ''The Dark World'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. Ironically, by ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' Hemsworth ended up regretting going too far in the opposite direction, citing that film as too silly and Thor's character having become a parody of himself. |
| 168 | ** Downplayed in ''Film/BlackPanther2018''. Although the cast and crew were proud of the final film as a whole, they did have some misgivings. |
| 169 | *** Both Creator/ChadwickBoseman and Creator/MichaelBJordan grew sick of constantly performing the Wakandan salute for fans. Jordan's case was particularly egregious since his character ''never performs the action in the film in the first place'' and acting in opposition to the very culture it stands for is a large part of his status as the BigBad. |
| 170 | *** In an interview after the movie's release, director Creator/RyanCoogler regretted that he had to kill off [[spoiler:Klaue]]. Although Coogler personally enjoyed the character, he couldn't find any way to keep him alive without derailing the film's plot. |
| 171 | * Both Creator/RyanReynolds and director Creator/MartinCampbell dislike ''Film/GreenLantern2011'', with Reynolds even stating he was unlikely to return for DC's proposed ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'' movie. Campbell heavily criticized the studio for hacking the film to pieces during the editing process, which he claims resulted in the omission or alteration of numerous elements which would have made for a stronger film. Reynolds hates ''Green Lantern'' so much that a line making fun of the movie made it into not just the ''Film/Deadpool2016'' movie proper, but even ''the trailer.'' ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', meanwhile, [[TheStinger ends]] with [[spoiler:Deadpool going back in time to ''kill Reynolds'' before he can star in ''Green Lantern'', as well as killing the much-maligned "Weapon XI" (or "Dudepeel") version of Deadpool from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'']]. |
| 172 | * Kurt Wimmer disowned ''Film/Ultraviolet2006'' after Screen Gems recut the film. |
| 173 | * Richard Beymer, who played Tony in the 1961 film version of ''Film/WestSideStory1961'', later confessed in an interview that he wasn't happy with how his performance came out, saying that he wanted to play Tony as rougher and tougher, more like an actual street kid who used to run around with a gang starting fights for fun, but director Robert Wise made him play Tony as the nicest guy around, which Beymer felt didn't mesh with the character's back story. He also said he had trouble saying some of his lines with a straight face, namely the more romantic lines. He even reportedly walked out on the London premiere of the film - even though it ended up being his most famous role. |
| 174 | * Not really a full on backlash per se, but the late legendary bodybuilder Steve Reeves, who helped kick off the sword and sandal craze in the late 1950s and early 1960s with ''Hercules'' and ''Hercules Unchained'' (both of which later appeared on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), always expressed some dismay over the fact that most people didn't seem to know of the other films he made during his adventures as a B-movie leading man, such as the swashbuckling remake of ''The Thief of Bagdad'' and the spaghetti western ''A Long Ride From Hell'' (his final film). |
| 175 | * There seems to be a lot of distortion over Creator/DolphLundgren's feelings towards his role as He-Man in the 1987 film adaptation of ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse''. For a long time it was said that Lundgren, who was still new to acting at the time, did not get along with the film's first time director Gary Goddard, who for the record only mentions Lundgren twice on his audio commentary (he never directed another film again - instead he spent the rest of his life working on amusement park roller coaster rides), and that he felt embarrassed about starring in a film based on a kid's toy. Years later though Lundgren said he enjoyed doing the film and would gladly do a cameo in a ''He-Man'' reboot. |
| 176 | * Creator/RidleyScott: |
| 177 | ** Scott has gone on record saying he much prefers the DirectorsCut of ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' to the theatrical version. Due to the ExecutiveMeddling that hit the theatrical version and the differences in reception to both cuts, its easy to see why. To further this point, during the [=TIFF=] press conference for ''Film/TheMartian'', he said that re-editing the film was the only regret he's made in his career. |
| 178 | ** Regarding the Xenomorphs from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', Scott has repeatedly stated that he feels "the beast is cooked" and that the series needs to move away from them. When his attempt to do so in ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' backfired, he had a brief moment of CreatorRecovery with ''Film/AlienCovenant''. However, the latter's lacklustre reception has caused him to reiterate his prior viewpoint and announce his intent to have the third prequel film focus on David, with the Xenomorphs potentially being replaced by something fresher. |
| 179 | * Creator/SpikeLee and Creator/JoshBrolin were not happy with the released version of the ''Film/{{Oldboy|2013}}'' remake, which cut over an hour from Lee's preferred version and had its score replaced before opening. |
| 180 | * Creator/ChristopherPlummer has reportedly shown disgust towards ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''. He considered the characterization of Captain Von Trapp as weak. He has also said that the film was [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-plummer-beginners-sound-music-268669 "awful and sentimental and gooey"]] and has been known for nicknaming it ''The Sound of Mucus''. He ended up reuniting with the cast on ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', but he claimed that it was [[MoneyDearBoy for the money]], he respected Oprah, and [[http://www.popeater.com/2011/06/02/christopher-plummer-beginners-sound-of-music-gandalf/ he felt "guilty" about not attending similar functions]]. While he understands that the film has its appeal for its old-fashioned sentimentality, he still has not made peace with the film. |
| 181 | ** In a [[http://deadline.com/2015/03/oscar-winner-christopher-plummer-chinese-theatre-hand-footprints-1201385687/ 2015 interview]], timed with the Golden Anniversary of the film, Plummer had this to say. |
| 182 | -->“They always got it wrong and it looked like I hated the movie which is not true at all. I wasn’t particularly happy in the role because I didn’t think it was, well, the most ''exciting'' role I’d played. I mean, it doesn’t quite measure up to Hamlet and Lear, and so I was slightly snobbish about it at the time and I was observed a little bit. If you’re on a set with about 24 nuns every day, you too will become jaded. No, I’m respectably, terrifically and particularly proud now that I’ve grown up. But I just didn’t like the way people talked only of ''The Sound Of Music'' when they spoke to me. As you know, I have made 120 other movies.” |
| 183 | * Creator/CharlizeTheron has said that ''Film/ReindeerGames'' was a "bad, bad movie", but that she did it to work with director Creator/JohnFrankenheimer and harbored no illusions about the quality of the film. |
| 184 | * Mary Martin made her Broadway debut in the 1938 musical ''Leave it to Me!'', where her part included the hit Music/ColePorter song "My Heart Belongs To Daddy." She then signed a contract with Creator/{{Paramount}}, which subjected her to TypeCasting as a cutesy ingenue in movies such as ''The Great Victor Herbert'' and ''Kiss the Boys Goodbye'' that she resented so much that she returned to the stage in 1943, never to star in a Hollywood movie again. Edith Head, the costume designer of both aforementioned movies, recalled in her memoirs that Martin started cutting up her hair with scissors for petty revenge. |
| 185 | * George M. Cohan was unhappy with the only talkie film he appeared in, ''The Phantom President''. |
| 186 | * Creator/RoaldDahl disowned ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. He wrote the original script for the movie,[[note]]And is the only one credited in the final film[[/note]] but it was heavily rewritten by ''Film/TheOmen1976'' writer David Seltzer. Roald disliked the many changes made to his original script and was also peeved that his choice to play Wonka - Creator/SpikeMilligan - was passed over in favour of Creator/GeneWilder. [[note]] Interestingly enough, when Dahl met Gene in the flesh, Dahl said "I really like Gene, he's a really nice man, who's only fault is he's a bit too nice for his own good. I didn't want Wonka to be too nice for his own good, I wanted him to be too ''creepy'' for his own good! [[/note]] It was years before he allowed another of his novels to be adapted for the big screen, and he arranged things so that the novel's sequel ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' could never be filmed (one reason why the 2005 film of ''Factory'' and most other adaptations end on a note of full closure). |
| 187 | * There's a joke in the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E15GraniteState Granite State]]" about how the only [=DVD=]s Walt has to watch in hiding are two copies of ''Film/MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium''. Writer and director Zach Helm - who has never made another full-length film to this day - responded that Walt has "exactly two more copies than are allowed in my house." (Which suggests that the movie's opening credit dubbing this "Supposedly A Film By Zach Helm" is more telling than it seems.) |
| 188 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 189 | ** Creator/HughJackman himself [[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/06/01/hugh-jackman-first-wolverine/ expressed regret over]] ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', admitting it fell short of his expectations and that it felt like a half-baked ''X-Men 4'' instead of a character-driven idea that was originally envisioned. Subsequently he and the rest of the crew sought to do a better job with ''Film/TheWolverine'', ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', and ''Film/{{Logan}}'', all of which were better received by critics and fans (especially ''Logan''). |
| 190 | ** The director of ''Origins'', Gavin Hood, [[http://www.indiewire.com/article/gavin-hood-x-men-origins-wolverine-eye-in-the-sky-20160308 also has some regrets]], given ExecutiveMeddling distorted the intentions he and Jackman had for the movie beyond recognition. Hood said that "I own the mistakes I made" and is thankful that his later Hollywood projects had "producers who really wanted to make the same movie." |
| 191 | ** ''Origins''' equally ill-received predecessor ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' also [[http://screencrush.com/simon-kinberg-x-men-days-of-future-past/?trackback=tsmclip elicited some regret from co-writer Simon Kinberg]], particularly regarding how ExecutiveMeddling made ''Comicbook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' the B-plot (Kinberg even noted how in 2006 the studio wasn't willing in spending so much money in such a dark plot, but "it would be less daunting today."). Given he remained onboard from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' onward, he called it a learning experience akin to what the characters go through. He eventually wrote and directed ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', which does center around the saga. |
| 192 | ** The predecessor to ''Dark Phoenix'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', had many cast members, including Creator/SophieTurner, Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/OscarIsaac, stating they didn’t enjoy working on this film, mostly due to director Creator/BryanSinger's erratic behavior (the last one also [[DyeingForYourArt suffered with the heavy costume and make-up]]). |
| 193 | ** Creator/AnnaPaquin doesn't dislike the ''X-Men'' movies, but she did express disappointment that she never got to play Rogue as the FlyingBrick she's most commonly known as, and quickly grew bored playing the awkward damsel in distress, stating "I want to be badass Rogue, not shy teen Rogue." She finally got her chance years later for "the Rogue Cut" of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. |
| 194 | ** Both of Storm's actresses, Creator/HalleBerry and Creator/AlexandraShipp, criticized the films for giving Ororo no emotional depth and nothing to do besides flying around shooting lightning bolts. Berry almost didn't return for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' until ''Film/{{Catwoman|2004}}'' became a humiliating flop and she needed the work. |
| 195 | * Even the famously easy-going Creator/JamesGarner had this - he (and several other cast members) derisively called 1970's ''A Man Called Sledge'' "A Man Called Sludge," and he didn't like 1988's ''Film/{{Sunset|1988}}'' in part due to his working relationship with Creator/BruceWillis. |
| 196 | * Creator/MaraWilson [[WordOfGod mentioned in interviews]] about how although filming all of the movies she made post- ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' were (for the most part) great experiences for her, she isn't a particular fan of those movies and regretted doing them, at the very least because her mother died during the making of ''Matilda'' and she was still traumatized by the experience. She also claimed to regret her poor behavior on set when dealing with those events, wished she could have taken a break to grieve and recuperate, and felt, in retrospect, that ''Film/ASimpleWish'' and some of the other roles she played in/auditioned for cut too close to the bone in some of the subject matter. She has also claimed she is such a perfectionist that it's hard for her to watch her own acting performances without being too self-critical. |
| 197 | ** She has at least acknowledged that her experience filming ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' as fun to make, and that she loved the script, but often [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecatingly]] comments on the movie in interviews that "they can't all be ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird''". Her parents' encouragement for her to make family-friendly movies and her desire to keep busy and get experience in the film industry were also factors, and she had felt that acting had been, in spite of her increasingly negative experiences with it at the time, the one real constant in her life she could focus on, as she struggled with her undiagnosed OCD and the death of her mother. |
| 198 | * Screenwriter Matthew Berry has spoken critically of ''Film/CrocodileDundeeInLosAngeles'', particularly about working with Creator/PaulHogan. Berry expressed a low opinion of Hogan's sense of humor and accused Hogan of trying to cheat him and his partner Eric Abrams out of royalties. Hogan took the pair to court, but lost. |
| 199 | * Creator/ChrisColumbus said he was not fond of ''Film/ILoveYouBethCooper'' in an interview. |
| 200 | * Creator/ChanningTatum is not proud of ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', stating that he only did the film to fulfill a contractual obligation. He added that the regrets are worse given he grew up a fan of the franchise. |
| 201 | * Creator/AndrewGarfield isn't fond of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', and has stated that he feels the film's poor quality stems from a ridiculous amount of ExecutiveMeddling. Despite this, he says he loved the original script, and felt the movie could have been quite good had they followed the earlier drafts more closely. His comments did not go unnoticed, and the infamous Creator/{{Sony}} leaks later revealed that the studio was considering firing him and replacing him with an [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrin]] before the deal with Marvel Studios. The reason the late Music/JamesHorner, who did the score for [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the first film]], didn't do the score for the sequel is also because of Sony not allowing Webb creative freedom, as [[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/spider-man/33258/the-amazing-spider-man-2-james-horner-on-why-he-didnt-return as well as hating the script]], with the main point being [[spoiler: the death of Gwen Stacy]]. The Sony e-mail hack also revealed that [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Studios]] head Kevin Feige and Marvel Entertainment president Alan Fine [[http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/33349q/wikileaks_have_published_kevin_feiges_notes_for/ also didn't care]] [[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=112638 for the script]], the latter even outright predicting the problems many people ultimately had with the film.\ |
| 202 | Later, Garfield [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/andrew-garfield-talks-the-pressure-to-get-it-right-for-the-amazing-spider-man-films-if-hell-do-another-franchise-260356/ later went further]], criticizing the lack of freedom even in the first movie of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', and comparing it to canning Coke. Additionally, Creator/SallyField [[http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/sally-field-spider-man.html flat-out said she doesn't like either movie]] and only took the role of Aunt May in the first movie as a favor to her friend, producer Laura Ziskin, who died after the first film was shot, and said she felt the only positive thing about working on the films was working with Garfield. Like wise, Creator/JamieFoxx expressed disappointment that Electro was blue for the entire movie. Fortunately for Garfield and Foxx, ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' gave them a chance to finish things up--Garfield not only got to work with [[Creator/TobeyMaguire his predecessor]] and [[Creator/TomHolland his successor]] and tie up some loose ends, but Foxx got to be in a more comics-accurate outfit and work with [[Creator/WillemDafoe villainous]] [[Creator/AlfredMolina legends]]. |
| 203 | * Just hours before the release of ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' in North America, the film's director Creator/JoshTrank [[http://www.slashfilm.com/josh-trank-fantastic-four-tweet/ went to Twitter and bashed it]], claiming that it wasn't the film that he'd wanted to make, blaming ExecutiveMeddling for the film's quality. The lead actors (Kate Mara and Toby Kebbel especially) have also expressed disappointment with the final product, and the studio heads themselves weren't happy with how ''[=Fant4stic=]'''s abysmal critical and financial performance led to a 28% decline in revenues for that fiscal quarter. |
| 204 | * Creator/SeanPenn was [[http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/aug/22/sean-penn-tree-of-life not happy]] with how small his role was in ''Film/TheTreeOfLife'' despite getting [[BillingDisplacement second-billing]]. He felt that a lot of the emotional weight of the screenplay was lost in the final product and that the film would've benefitted from having a clearer narrative. |
| 205 | * Creator/NancyAllen isn't fond of ''Film/RoboCop3'', as among other things, she didn't want to do it, thought they should've waited for Creator/PeterWeller to come back, and agreeing with fans that going PG-13 was not a good idea. While he doesn't regret the ''process'' of making it, as he enjoyed making the movie, director Fred Dekker [[http://www.robocoparchive.com/archive/movie-robocop3-dekker.htm does regret the end result]], both as a CreatorKiller, and wishing he had more money and hadn't toned down the film to be PG-13. Edward Neumeier, the co-writer of the [[Film/RoboCop1987 original movie]] is also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehdg95fdR2g on record]] as despising the jetpack and weapon arm, feeling they were too-kiddy. |
| 206 | * Creator/AnthonyHopkins has some ambivalence towards Franchise/HannibalLecter. Though he feels ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' is a "good film," and said likewise about the two follow-ups at one time or another, he later said it was a "mistake" reprising the role for ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' and ''Film/RedDragon.'' This is partly attributable (for ''Hannibal'' especially) to his feeling that the character isn't nearly as scary when out in the open; his imprisonment makes him a "tarantula inside a bottle," but set him free and the fear is gone. |
| 207 | ** Likewise, actor Creator/BrianCox, who played the character in ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'', has expressed that he doesn't quite care for how the character of Lecter has a fan following, seeing Lecter as little more than a psychopath not worthy of respect. |
| 208 | * Creator/PeterJackson is very dissatisfied with the theatrical cuts of ''Film/TheHobbit''. While not entirely hating them, he admits in the commentaries that they don't tell the complete story and that they're evident of the ExecutiveMeddling the trilogy suffered. He in fact stated he prefers the extended cut of ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' in particular. |
| 209 | ** '''NOBODY''' from the films likes the love triangle and share the fans' hatred of it, to the point [[CanonDiscontinuity where they flat-out ignore its existence in the commentaries and bonus features]]. Creator/EvangelineLilly and Creator/PeterJackson are the two most vocal critics of it, confirming that it was [[ExecutiveMeddling a studio-mandated decision]]. |
| 210 | * Creator/JenniferLawrence doesn't think much of her singing voice and dislikes "The Hanging Tree" from ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' as a result. |
| 211 | * ''Film/{{Divergent}}'': |
| 212 | ** Creator/MilesTeller said he only took the role of Peter Hayes in ''Divergent'' for "business reasons" and that it made him feel "dead inside". He had to do a rather large VerbalBackspace when the sequels were greenlit. |
| 213 | ** Creator/ShaileneWoodley has hinted that she didn't like the direction ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' went in, due to the film differing so much from Creator/NeilBurger's original vision. |
| 214 | * E.L. Doctorow distanced himself from the [[TroubledProduction notoriously troubled]] 1991 [[Film/BillyBathgate film adaptation]] of his novel ''Billy Bathgate'' due to the liberties it took with the story. |
| 215 | * Audience and critical appreciation of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' deepened over the decades since its release, but Creator/HaroldRamis' appreciation of his [[TroubledProduction troubled]] directorial debut never did. "All I see are compromises and things we could have done better", he said in the late 2000s. |
| 216 | * Creator/NickNolte has stated unequivocally that another difficult production, the mid-'90s ''Film/ILoveTrouble'', is his worst film. |
| 217 | * While Creator/JohnCarpenter is understandably proud of the original ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', he's not so much as fan of [[Film/HalloweenII1981 its sequel]], and admits to having written it [[https://books.google.ca/books?id=U9o3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q&f=false "with a lot of beer sitting in front of a typewriter saying, 'what the fuck am I doing? I don't know.'"]] In particular, he [[http://deadline.com/2014/10/john-carpenter-qa-halloween-sequels-michael-myers-861942/ disliked the twist]] that the villain Michael Myers was the [[LongLostRelative long-lost brother]] of the FinalGirl Laurie Strode, viewing it in hindsight as a FranchiseOriginalSin for the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' films. |
| 218 | * Creator/KatherineHeigl, leading lady of ''Film/KnockedUp'', ultimately hates the movie due to what she felt was a one-dimensional portrayal of the genders: women as joyless nagging shrews and men as immature brats who avoid or resent their responsibilities in life. |
| 219 | * [[https://www.avclub.com/the-only-thing-worse-than-watching-an-offensively-bad-c-1803928882 This article]] by Alex [=McLevy=] of ''The Website/AVClub'' recounts the story of A. J. Via, who, as a teenager in 1998, wrote a BlackComedy script called ''Aisle 12'' in which a group of hardware store employees discover a dead body and a duffel bag full of cash, then uploaded it to [=InkTip=]. Fifteen years later, it was discovered by a producer named Chad Ridgely, who bought the rights to it from him. Via says that 40% of the script wound up in the finished film, titled ''Massacre on Aisle 12'', and that his first indication that something was wrong was when a crew member gushed to him about a sex scene that he never wrote. After increasingly sporadic communication between Via and Ridgely, the film finally premiered DirectToVideo in 2015. He said that his wife fell asleep twenty minutes in, and that he ultimately chose not to wake her as it was for the better that she missed most of the film, filled as it was with [[UnfortunateImplications gay panic humor and other highly questionable jokes]]. |
| 220 | * For reasons unknown, Creator/MaryPickford hated ''Film/{{Rosita}}'' and ordered all copies destroyed. The film would have remained one of the numerous {{missing|Episode}} {{Silent Movie}}s if not for a single copy surviving. |
| 221 | * While he didn't speak ill of the film itself, Jack Haley did not view working on ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' as a fond memory, describing it as "awful" and "not fun at all" throughout the rest of his career. |
| 222 | * Creator/WhoopiGoldberg hated her direct-to-video dinosaur science-fiction noir comedy, ''Film/TheodoreRex'', calling it the only movie she regretted making. She sued the producer to get out of her contract but lost, being forced to perform opposite the malfunctioning dinosaur puppet while loathing the producers to the core of their beings. |
| 223 | * While Creator/CharlesDance didn't seem to hate ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' or regret working on it, he utlimately proved somewhat unenthusiastic about it, rather bluntly stated that he nearly fell asleep at the film's premiere. That being said, he brought the same level of dedication to the film as he does all his projects and has also stated he is open to reprising his role in the future. |
| 224 | * Creator/DiabloCody intended for ''Film/{{Juno}}'' to be middle ground on the abortion debate. She has since admitted that had she known that the pro-life movement would use the film for anti-abortion causes (especially in light of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_House_Bill_481 Georgia House Bill 481]]), she never would have written it. |
| 225 | * Creator/StephenBaldwin has since gone on to disown the movie ''Threesome'', where he plays an All-American jock who does indeed engage in a threesome with a gay man who's in love with him and a woman who Baldwin's character is in love with but herself is in love with the gay man. Given the fact that he became a conservative born-again Christian years after making it, Baldwin seriously wants people to ignore the film's existence in order to save face. |
| 226 | * Erika Sawajiri was the "it girl" in Japan in 2007 and riding on the peak of her career. However, she was so unhappy with the film ''Closed Note'' that she ended up being rather dismissive and rude to the reporters on the movie's premiere screening and nearly ended her career because of that. |
| 227 | * Animator and co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' and ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' Dan Povenmire is embarrassed by ''Film/GoingOverboard'', one of his first gigs, in which he animated the opening titles and appeared as a member of the band Yellow Teeth. |
| 228 | * Creator/StanleyTucci regrets having directed ''Film/TheImpostors'', which was his immediate follow-up to ''Film/BigNight''. He felt that he was ill-suited to direct it and felt that a different filmmaker would have done much better with the material. |
| 229 | --> '''Stanley Tucci:''' Every now and then, someone will come up to me and say they love the second movie I made, which was called ''The Imposters''. They say, 'It's my favorite movie of all time.' And then I accuse them having escaped from an asylum. |
| 230 | * By the time filming on ''Film/YoungBess'' wrapped, Creator/DeborahKerr was so utterly sick of what she caustically termed [[EnglishRose "poker up the arse parts"]] in {{costume drama}}s that she went to the studio and demanded to be released from her contract. Her next film was a little something called ''Film/FromHereToEternity''. |
| 231 | * Creator/HiroshiFujioka did not like the way [[Series/KamenRider his most iconic role]] was treated in ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'', due to the film turning Takeshi Hongo into a crotchety old man who hated the younger Riders' way of thinking, and represented the Entire Showa Rider faction acting as Hypocritical villains who enabled the actions of their franchise-long enemies in the film solely out of arrogant pride. He helped with the rewrites to ''Film/KamenRider1'' (a Film Toei greenlit in the first place as an APOLOGY to him) to make sure that his trademark role would be treated right the next time around. Unfortunately, Toei has continued to burn bridges to the various Rider casts with the same producer being behind all the events continuing to mistreat their characters and legacy. |
| 232 | * Creator/MerylStreep has vowed never to work on another movie with heavy special effects after ''Film/DeathBecomesHer.'' She has nothing but respect for the cast and crew and enjoyed watching the finished movie, but she thought the filming process was tedious. She hated having to yell at a lampstand and pretend it was Creator/GoldieHawn, and having to reshoot scenes so that her head would line up with the effects used to make her body look twisted. In her words, "it was like being at the dentist." |
| 233 | * ''Film/DarkStar'': Writer and co-star Dan O'Bannon was disappointed with the final film, saying that "instead of the most impressive student film ever made, we had the least impressive professional film ever made". He also hated the alien beach ball creature they came up with. His desire to make a film with a believable alien resulted in ''Film/{{Alien}}''. |
| 234 | * ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' director Creator/RichardDonner [[https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-extended-cut-donner-criticisms/ condemned]] the three-hour "Extended Cut", which restores his least favorite deleted scenes just to either sell more ad space (in the case of TV broadcasts), or to try and convince people who bought at least one of the other cuts on Blu-ray to buy another copy of the movie. |
| 235 | * ''Film/DontLookUp'': |
| 236 | ** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio objected to the post-credits scene where Orlean walks around naked because he lionized Creator/MerylStreep so much he couldn't bear to see her that way. Streep, for her part, was completely willing to do it, though a stunt double was used to get a shot of her rear. |
| 237 | ** Creator/JenniferLawrence hated having to film her opening scene in which she raps along to a Music/WuTangClan song, calling it the most humiliating experience she's ever had, especially since she had to do it over and over again. She was relieved to see that the scene in the final product was only a few seconds long. |
| 238 | * Anything at all directed by "AlanSmithee". Entering this name into a movie database credits him as the director of dozens of movies, several television show episodes (both live-action and animated), and music videos. Almost all of his work was panned by critics. The reason is, there's no such person, it's a pseudonym used since 1968 by directors who do not want to be associated with their own work. (Clearly, some directors are pragmatic enough to know a CareerKiller when they see it.) |
| 239 | * Creator/AmyAdams: |
| 240 | ** While she has gone on to disown ''[[Film/CruelIntentions Cruel Intentions 2]]'', she likes to joke about making it on occasion. |
| 241 | ** She doesn't even joke, however, about ''Film/PsychoBeachParty'', a horror-comedy movie she was in where her most remarkable scene was losing her bikini bottoms. (The word "remarkable" used loosely, much like "horror" and "comedy" for this one.) Granted, that was only her second role, but since she's become famous, hormone-addled teen fans keep dwelling on it. |
| 242 | * Creator/BenAffleck: |
| 243 | ** His biggest OldShame isn't starring in ''Film/{{Gigli}}'' -- it's directing a short film called ''I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Creator/{{Disney}}''. That said, he isn't fond of ''Film/{{Gigli}}'' either. On the Season 38 finale of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Affleck appeared in an "Creator/{{HBO}} First Look" sketch about UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} making a film based on ''Film/{{Argo}}''. Affleck states that the only reason he starred in it was so he can be in a movie that was worse than ''Gigli''. According to Creator/MattDamon, his left eye twitches every time you say the word "Gigli". |
| 244 | ** He isn't fond of ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', which caused him to swear off acting in superhero films. Though he did agree to play Franchise/{{Batman}} a decade later in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', it was on the condition that Creator/WarnerBros would bankroll any movies he wanted to direct until ''Dawn of Justice'' released. |
| 245 | ** He wasn't fond of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', hating Creator/JossWhedon's rewrites and WB's ExecutiveMeddling -- and the ''Batman'' film he wanted to direct never got off the ground. This is what ultimately convinced him to leave the role, only staying around long enough to do reshoots on ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''. |
| 246 | * Creator/CaseyAffleck went on record to reveal that ''Film/DrowningMona'' and ''Soul Survivors'' were not his favorite films that he worked on. |
| 247 | * Creator/JessicaAlba: |
| 248 | ** She's on record as disliking several of her films, such as ''Film/GoodLuckChuck'' (not without good reason). |
| 249 | ** In an interview with the British magazine ''Arena'' promoting ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', she badmouthed two of her pre-''Series/DarkAngel'' movies, ''Film/Paranoid2000'' and ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' - ''and'' her performances in them. |
| 250 | ** She's not fond ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', saying it almost made her quit acting. |
| 251 | ** She isn't a big fan of ''Film/IntoTheBlue'', mostly because her character was rewritten during filming. She was originally scripted to be a marine biologist but ended up rewritten into a recreational diver as an excuse to get her into a [[{{Fanservice}} bikini]]. The filmmakers also apparently shot scenes behind her back with a body double in a bikini, forcing her to spend a chunk of the movie wearing not very much. |
| 252 | * Creator/JasonAlexander publicly apologized for his work on ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' while appearing on Creator/HowardStern's radio show. |
| 253 | * Creator/WoodyAllen: |
| 254 | ** And he doesn't get people's love for ''Film/AnnieHall'' at all, only being able to see how much it doesn't live up to what he really wanted it to be. |
| 255 | ** And don't get him started on his "[[MemeticMutation early, funny ones]]," as immortalized in ''Film/StardustMemories''. |
| 256 | * Creator/GerryAnderson was not proud of ''Crossroads to Crime'' (his only big-screen movie as a director). |
| 257 | * In 2019, Creator/JenniferAniston revealed that, eight years earlier, her then-husband Creator/JustinTheroux had made her watch ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}'', her 1993 debut, for the first time since she had made it. She [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganmurrell/justin-theroux-made-jennifer-aniston-watch-leprechaun says she kept cringing and tried to leave the room or get the remote out of his hand]]. |
| 258 | * Creator/AlanArkin disowned his work on ''Film/FreebieAndTheBean'', saying he only did the movie because "he needed the bread". |
| 259 | ** He also regretted making the ''Film/InspectorClouseau'' film in 1968, which featured him in the title role, rather than Creator/PeterSellers. He claimed once that the film was made while he was in a youthful arrogant phase, and the film experience humbled him afterwards. |
| 260 | * While Creator/DavidArquette has little to no qualms with talking about ''Film/ReadyToRumble'' (since he enjoyed working with all the various wrestlers in the movie), he is not proud of his run as Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Heavyweight Champion to promote the movie. Arquette, a lifelong fan of professional wrestling, ''despised'' the idea (he knew it would draw massive fan antipathy, as he was not a wrestler and hadn't earned it), but it was in his contract. He would go on to donate all his paychecks from his WCW run to the families of deceased and injured wrestlers, which earned him a good deal of goodwill among the pro wrestling community (he would later tour the indie circuit in the late 2000s). |
| 261 | * Creator/RosannaArquette: |
| 262 | ** Not only did her RomanceOnTheSet of ''Film/TheBigBlue'' (with her co-star, not with director Creator/LucBesson despite his track record) help end her marriage to Music/JamesNewtonHoward, she also hated the finished product (typical comment about the movie: "I see that scene and I want to vomit"). |
| 263 | ** She also doesn't care for ''Nowhere to Run'' or its star Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme. |
| 264 | * Creator/GemmaArterton hated ''Runner Runner'' so much that it nearly made her quit acting. |
| 265 | * Creator/RowanAtkinson didn't care for ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'', saying it had "five good jokes and a lot of longueurs". Mind you he made [[MoneyDearBoy two sequels]]. |
| 266 | * Creator/RichardAyoade feels this way about ''Film/TheWatch2012'', and seemed especially sarcastic towards it during the promotional circuit. |
| 267 | * Creator/DanAykroyd didn't like ''Film/LooseCannons'', according to a 2013 interview asking him about a murder case where footage from the film found in a landfill was confused with a snuff film. Aykroyd suggested that it should've stayed in the landfill. |
| 268 | * Creator/KevinBacon: |
| 269 | ** He has mocked ''Film/HeSaidSheSaid'' on ''The Creator/HowardStern Show''. |
| 270 | ** Don't ask him about ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' either. He doesn't want to talk about. Or maybe not, [[AdamWesting as he hilariously spoofed the film]] when he appeared on ''[[Series/TheTonightShow The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon]]'' in March 2014. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQaek3DtD0A here]]. |
| 271 | ** He also used to feel this way about ''Film/{{Tremors}}'', but he's mellowed in recent years, to the point he tried a pilot episode for a sequel series on Creator/PrimeVideo. They passed. |
| 272 | * Creator/AlecBaldwin: |
| 273 | ** He has disowned ''Film/RockOfAges'', calling it a "horrible movie", and stated he only did that film because he wanted to work with Creator/TomCruise. |
| 274 | ** He also despised working on ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash'', even going so far as to remove his name from the credits. |
| 275 | ** He has disowned ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'', which he directed, produced and starred in, after it sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for six years and was only released after extensive re-cuts that he objected to. He had his name removed as director and producer and those positions credited as [[AlanSmithee Harry Kirkpatrick]]. |
| 276 | * Creator/ChristianBale has not been subtle about his [[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20054053,00.html dislike]] for ''Film/{{Newsies}}'', which he starred in back in 1992, although he acknowledges the cult audience the film has. |
| 277 | * Creator/JamieBamber clearly feels this way about the film ''Ghost Rig'', given his [[https://youtu.be/J2rb8szFYOY thoroughly embarrassed reaction]] when an autograph seeker mentioned having watched it--[[FacePalm burying his face in the crook of his elbow]] and bluntly declaring "It's a really horrible film and I'm really horrible in it". He's openly stated that meeting his wife--who he's been HappilyMarried to since 2003--is the only good thing that came out of it. |
| 278 | * Creator/JohnBarrowman in the epically-painful ''Film/SharkAttack3Megalodon''. In an interview with Creator/JonathanRoss, he renounced the entire script as "bloody awful", and admitted that his most infamous line was actually [[ThrowItIn an attempt at easing one of the actresses' stress that the director left in]]. He didn't find this out until he was watching it later on with his ''young nieces and nephews.'' |
| 279 | -->''I'm still feeling pretty wired. What do you say I... take you home and eat your pussy?'' |
| 280 | * Mikhail Baryshnikov hated filming ''Company Business'' so much, that he refused to go out and publicized the movie. |
| 281 | * Creator/KimBasinger claimed in in a 2018 sitdown with ''Interview'' magazine that of all the movies that she had done, she had the most terrible time making ''Film/GrudgeMatch''. |
| 282 | * Creator/MichaelBeck blames ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'' for killing his career. |
| 283 | * Creator/JackBenny turned ''The Horn Blows at Midnight'' into a running joke. |
| 284 | * Creator/HalleBerry's [[SelfDeprecation acceptance speech]] when she won the Worst Actress [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie]] for ''Film/Catwoman2004'': |
| 285 | --> First of all, I want to thank Creator/WarnerBros Thank you for putting me in this Godawful piece of shit movie! |
| 286 | * Creator/MichaelBiehn wasn't completely satisfied about ''Film/NavySeals1990'', and described the making of it as one of the worst experiences of his life. During an August 2011 interview, he revealed he has a "bottom five" of movies he was in: ''Film/NavySeals1990'', ''Film/{{Deadfall}}'', ''Dead Men Can't Dance'', ''Chain of Command'' and ''Megiddo: The Omega Code 2''. |
| 287 | * Creator/JackBlack admits that he "paid his dues" as a young character actor and has "some skeletons" in his closet, pointing to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia'' as a particular "stinker." |
| 288 | * Creator/LindaBlair blames the 1983 GirlsBehindBars ExploitationFilm ''Film/ChainedHeat1983'' for ruining her career. |
| 289 | * Creator/NeillBlomkamp subverts this; while he was disappointed with how ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' turned out, he feels that the script needed some fine-tuning - and the performances and effects were otherwise very good. |
| 290 | * Music/DavidBowie regretted 1978's ''Just a Gigolo'', his second major film, simply for its poor quality. In a 1980 interview with ''New Musical Express'', he said "Oh well, we've all got to do one [bad movie] and hopefully I've done mine now." |
| 291 | * Creator/DannyBoyle said that [[http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/danny-boyle/261897/danny-boyle-where-the-beach-movie-went-wrong he felt let down]] by his direction on ''Film/TheBeach''. He also dislikes how production on the film destroyed his friendship and [[ProductionPosse working relationship]] with Creator/EwanMcGregor (he had been promised the lead role in the film, which went to Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio instead), driving a rift between them that lasted a decade. |
| 292 | * Creator/JeffBridges admits he was underwhelmed by ''Film/{{RIPD}}'', stating that while he enjoyed making the film, he eventually disliked the finished product. |
| 293 | * Creator/MatthewBroderick hated working on the critically-lambasted ''Film/DeckTheHalls'', apparently having been overheard muttering to himself "I've hit rock bottom" on set during production. |
| 294 | * Creator/SandraBullock: |
| 295 | ** She has had many harsh words for her part in ''Fire in the Amazon'' over the years. |
| 296 | ** She called ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl'' "the biggest piece of crap" ever made. (In fact, while promoting said movie a fan told her she was looking forward to it and she replied "Well, as long as you don't expect too much...") |
| 297 | ** She has also stated that sequels and herself don't go well together - she's confessed to not liking ''[[Film/MissCongeniality Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous]]''. |
| 298 | ** Oddly enough, she doesn't seem to regret ''Film/AllAboutSteve'' (despite accepting her [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie]] for the film, she felt that the committee didn't see the film and gave everyone in attendance a UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} copy to let them judge if she was deserving or not). |
| 299 | * Creator/CarolBurnett disliked her performance as HookerWithAHeartOfGold Mollie Malloy in ''Film/TheFrontPage'' so much that years later, when she was a passenger on a flight that had the film as its in-flight movie, she ''stood up at the end and apologized to the passengers for what they had just witnessed''. |
| 300 | * Creator/AmandaBynes isn't fond of most of her movies due to how she felt pigeonholed by her parents into doing the same types of roles. She was especially embarrassed by ''Film/ShesTheMan'' not only due to that by how nervous she felt while watching her pass off as a man. One exception is ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'', which she described as the most fun she had on set. |
| 301 | * Creator/JamesCaan: |
| 302 | ** He had such an unpleasant time making ''Kiss Me Goodbye'', that he didn't star in another major movie for the next five years. |
| 303 | ** Based on how quickly he distanced himself from the film, and disparaged it upon its release, it's safe to say that he feels this way about ''Film/AlienNation''. |
| 304 | ** He also didn't like ''Harry and Walter Go to New York'', as he fired his management shortly after making this movie. |
| 305 | * Creator/MichaelCaine: |
| 306 | ** He has stated in an interview that the three worst films he has ever made are ''The Magus'', ''The Swarm'' and ''Ashanti''. |
| 307 | ** He also didn't like ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' as well (as covered in the "Multiple Creators" section). |
| 308 | ** In addition, he ''utterly despises'' his work in ''Film/OnDeadlyGround'', largely because he had a miserable time filming in Alaska. |
| 309 | * Creator/JamesCameron's first credited directing gig was ''Film/PiranhaPartTwoTheSpawning'' (which he only got after the original director was fired), although it's not clear how much of the finished product Cameron really created. It's alleged that at one point he even tried to break into the studio to either salvage or destroy the film. Eventually Cameron developed a sense of humor about it, having been quoted as saying it's "the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative finest flying-piranha movie ever made]]." He also credits the film for helping him hone the puppetry that would be needed for the Facehuggers in ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. |
| 310 | * Creator/BruceCampbell has loads of them, but he's at least open about them. He's been known to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCCr0C-5Hxw encourage audience participation]] when asked what his worst film is. |
| 311 | ** Campbell has subverted this trope as well. On at least one occasion, an interviewer asked him if he regretted a specific role he once played, to which Bruce replied "Not at all." When the interviewer asked why, Bruce said "[[MoneyDearBoy The check cleared]]". |
| 312 | * Music/MariahCarey made ''Film/{{Glitter}}'' as a pet project, long before any studio showed interest. In fact, she made a soundtrack for the movie and shopped it to several studios before one finally picked it up. The film was nominated for six [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]], with Mariah winning Worst Actress. The movie and the soundtrack tanked, which got her dropped off her label and [[CreatorKiller hurt a few of her subsequent albums]]. The bad backlash on the movie even got Mariah [[CreatorBreakdown hospitalized for stress and exhaustion]]. To this day, [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain she won't really talk about]] the film. |
| 313 | * For Creator/JimCarrey, it was ironically also his StarMakingRole, ''Film/AceVentura''. Carrey was displeased with the sequel ''When Nature Calls'' causing him to swear off ever doing a sequel for any of his characters (although he later did the sequel to ''Film/DumbAndDumber''.) This had a lasting impact on his career as well, since this role is seen as the reason why [[AwardSnub he's yet to get nominated for an Oscar.]] |
| 314 | * Creator/DanaCarvey has admitted that he doesn't care for most of the movies he's done (surprisingly, ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' [mentioned in the "Multiple Creators" section] isn't one of them, maybe because he wrote it..) |
| 315 | * Creator/JohnCassavetes fought with Creator/StanleyKramer over what direction to take ''Film/AChildIsWaiting''. He considered Kramer to have won, and disowned the movie after it came out. |
| 316 | * Creator/PhoebeCates refuses to talk about her role in the ''[[Film/TheBlueLagoon Blue Lagoon]]'' rip-off ''Film/{{Paradise}}'' after she managed to bargain down the amount of nudity that the script called for, and was horrified to see that producers expanded the sex scenes that were additionally shot with body doubles. |
| 317 | * Music/{{Cher}} says that ''Film/{{Burlesque}}'' was the worst film she had ever done, even criticizing her performance in that movie. |
| 318 | * Creator/TimotheeChalamet joined co-stars Creator/RebeccaHall and Creator/GriffinNewman in donating their salaries for the Creator/WoodyAllen film ''Film/ARainyDayInNewYork'' to charity due to longstanding allegations of pedophilia against Allen. |
| 319 | * Creator/JackieChan: |
| 320 | ** He starred in a racy SexComedy in UsefulNotes/{{China}} called ''All in the Family'' long before he became famous. |
| 321 | ** In his autobiography, he also expresses this attitude about his early American films ''The Big Brawl'' and ''Film/TheProtector'', the latter of which had him swear gratuitously and featured full-frontal nudity (Chan later re-shot new fight sequences and cut out the nudity and some of the violence for the film's UsefulNotes/HongKong release). He's also not particularly fond of the [[BruceLeeClone Bruceploitation]] films he made under {{Jerkass}} {{Triad}}[=-=]affiliated director Lo Wei, who [[ItWillNeverCatchOn tried to squash Jackie's desire to do action comedies]]. |
| 322 | ** He has an imperfect relationship with ''Film/RushHour'' and its sequels, stating that he didn't really understand their humor and was personally displeased with Hollywood's approach to martial arts filmmaking when compared to that of his native Hong Kong, and that [[MoneyDearBoy he only did them because of the huge salary he was offered]]. That said, he still enjoyed making the movies, and has been [[DevelopmentHell on-again/off-again]] pushing for a ''Rush Hour 4'' for the better part of a decade. |
| 323 | * Creator/CharlieChaplin: |
| 324 | ** The TroubledProduction of ''Film/TheCircus'', and the personal issues he was having at the time, so stained the film for Chaplin that he kept it out of circulation for most of the rest of his life and [[CanonDiscontinuity made no mention of it whatsoever in his memoirs]]. |
| 325 | ** Due to HarsherInHindsight, he has stated in his autobiography that he expresses regret for ''Film/TheGreatDictator'', a thinly-veiled satire of Nazi Germany. The United States was still technically neutral at the time (1940) and many of the Nazis' [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust worst atrocities]] had not yet become well-known, so they're just portrayed as mean bullies to the Jews (rather than as truly evil genociders). Chaplin wrote that, had he known of the true extent of their war crimes, making a comedy of "the murderous insanity of the Nazis" would've been unthinkable. |
| 326 | * Creator/ChevyChase: |
| 327 | ** He has more than once complained about how bad ''Cops and Robbersons'' is. |
| 328 | ** Considering Chevy complained about the working conditions of ''Film/SnowDay'' on ''The Creator/RosieODonnell Show'', he isn't fond of that movie either. |
| 329 | ** He also made fun of ''Film/NothingButTrouble'' while promoting ''Series/TheChevyChaseShow''. |
| 330 | ** He's very publicly not too fond of his most recent work, ''Series/{{Community}}'', either, but that had to do with his very public battle with series creator, Creator/DanHarmon and the direction of his character. |
| 331 | ** There's also his feelings on ''Film/CaddyshackII'' (covered in the Multiple Creators section). |
| 332 | ** According to Creator/RogerEbert's memoir ''Life Itself'', Chase mentioned how he didn't think too fondly of ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' when the two had a conversation backstage on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' (Ebert gave the film a negative review and it was Chase's job to defend it on air). |
| 333 | * Creator/LouisCK felt that ''Film/PootieTang'' suffered from ExecutiveMeddling. |
| 334 | * Between doing ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series, Creator/DameonClarke made a Creator/{{Lifetime}} movie called ''Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal''. He's flat out admitted he's ashamed of it. |
| 335 | * Music/KellyClarkson strongly regrets her role in ''Film/FromJustinToKelly'', stating that she had been contractually obligated to star in it as a result of her victory on the first season of ''Series/AmericanIdol'', and disliked the script when she read it. |
| 336 | * Creator/MishaCollins of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fame has stated many times that he regrets his participation in ''Film/{{Karla}}'', the 2006 film based on real-life serial killers Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. He has explained that he was unaware how infamous and emotionally relevant the cases were in UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} at the time (to the extent that in an extreme case of CaliforniaDoubling, the movie - although a Canadian production - had to be shot in the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates USA]] with an American cast and crew (Creator/LauraPrepon played Karla) because ''no one'' in the Canadian film industry wanted anything to do with it). He also states that the director of the film took things way too far and would compliment him after shooting particularly horrible rape scenes, saying "[[{{Squick}} That was]] ''[[{{Squick}} hot]].''" He ended up having a phone conversation with one of the victims who escaped, and now tells people not to watch the movie, especially when it comes up at fan conventions. |
| 337 | * Creator/SeanConnery: |
| 338 | ** He has publicly expressed being ashamed of how in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' everything hinged on Bond being able to get into the pants of the villain's top henchwoman. In fact, he's expressed hatred of Bond in general, not only for the character's misogyny, but at how quickly Bond seemed to become a parody of himself. In fact, when he signed on for ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', he gave his entire salary for it to charity, just to spite the producers and show he didn't need them. |
| 339 | ** He has expressed shame for ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'', which he said he only starred in as an attempt to break away from the ''Film/JamesBond'' image. |
| 340 | ** ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', which he hated so much that he retired from making movies altogether.[[note]]This links in to him turning down ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings GANDALF]]'', and his agent convincing him that ''League'' could be a similarly lucrative role with multiple sequels. And then ... ''XLG'' turned out to be ''XLG''.[[/note]] |
| 341 | * Music/LLCoolJ said that ''Film/{{Rollerball}}'' sucked but revealed it was his duty to promote it. |
| 342 | * Illusionist Creator/DavidCopperfield is on record as wanting "to rent every copy of ''Film/TerrorTrain'' and never return them." |
| 343 | * ''Film/LeonardPart6'' was so bad, Creator/BillCosby himself told everyone to avoid seeing it, before it even hit theaters. It should also be noted that "William H. Cosby Jr., Ed.D." has story credit, and that the movie is "A Sah Enterprises, Inc. Production"... and [[Creator/BillCosby guess whose company that is]]. |
| 344 | * Creator/KevinCostner's OldShame isn't ''Film/ThePostman'' -- or even ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' -- it's a gem called ''Sizzle Beach USA''. |
| 345 | * Creator/DanielCraig is not fond of his second Bond film, ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', due to the movie's TroubledProduction that involved the film being made in the middle of a writers strike. Craig himself tried to help write the movie's script, something he later said he absolutely hated doing because his speciality is acting, not writing. |
| 346 | * Creator/JoanCrawford: |
| 347 | ** Inverted in that it was her last few movies that she was most ashamed of. After ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'', she starred in a series of B-horror movies that she later disowned. Her final film ''Film/{{Trog}}'' she only did as a favour to a director friend and famously said "If I wasn't a Christian scientist and saw ''Trog'' playing in a theatre across the street, I'd contemplate suicide." |
| 348 | ** She was also deeply ashamed by the 1932 film ''[[Film/SadieThompson Rain]]'', which was beset with a large number of problems. The cast openly told her that she was nothing compared to Jeanne Engels (who performed a Broadway version of the work before passing away), and that they hadn't seen any of her films. She was angered by the director due to the fact that he supposedly gave her no direction at all, and to top it off, she was going through a divorce with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at the time and had a ''miscarriage on set'' when she slipped and fell on the deck of a ship. She later stated, "I hope they burn every print of this turkey that's in existence....I don't understand to this day how I could have given such an unpardonable bad performance. All my fault, too -- (the) direction was so feeble I took the bull by the horns and did my own Sadie Thompson. I was wrong every scene of the way." |
| 349 | * In a variation, Creator/CameronCrowe ended up apologizing over one specific part of the movie ''Film/{{Aloha}}''. Namely, his decision to cast Creator/EmmaStone as a character who was supposed to be of mixed Hawaiian and Chinese descent, which garnered a number of accusations of whitewashing. Stone has said she credits the film for opening her eyes to how huge a problem whitewashing is in Hollywood. |
| 350 | * Music/IceCube: |
| 351 | ** He admitted in an interview that ''Film/GhostsOfMars'' was the worst film he ever appeared in, claiming it was unwatchable in many ways, and said that the film's director Creator/JohnCarpenter really let him and his fellow co-stars down with the special effects, saying that it had looked like something out of a film from 1979. |
| 352 | ** He also isn't fond of the family movies he did like ''Film/AreWeThereYet'' or ''Film/TheLongshots'' and says he only did them because it was hard for him to find acting jobs. |
| 353 | * Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}: |
| 354 | ** He has stated at conventions that he does ''not'' think very highly of ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', one of his first films. |
| 355 | ** He also didn't like ''Film/TheMangler'' he said it was a terrible movie and the vocals he did for the titular killer machine caused a lot of stress on his vocal chords, but he did like that he got the chance to work with Creator/TobeHooper. |
| 356 | * Creator/JamieLeeCurtis: |
| 357 | ** She's on record describing 1999's ''Film/{{Virus}}'' as "an awful piece of shit." |
| 358 | ** She feels this way about ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'', saying she only did the film out of contractual obligations, calling the experience bad and the film itself "forgettable." In addition, she says she only did ''Film/HalloweenII1981'' out of loyalty to Creator/JohnCarpenter and Debra Hill, and doesn't find the film itself to be that good. |
| 359 | ** She referred to ''Film/PromNight1980'' as the worst of the early horror films she did. |
| 360 | ** There's some debate on whether she cares at all for her earlier involvement in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' films and the horror genre in general. For a long time, she rarely mentioned her involvement in any of them (even on her own website), and except for a brief time around the original ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''[='=]s 20th anniversary when she did ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'' (reportedly to help relaunch her career), she worked very hard to distance herself from her "UsefulNotes/{{scream queen|s}}" image. She's also [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms outraged at the idea of children watching her horror films]], even saying she should "call child protective services" on parents that let their kids see them. It doesn't help that she claims the genre isn't her cup of tea. She did eventually come out of her shell, auctioning off a signed Michael Myers mask, appearing as a guest at a horror convention (though she said it's the only one she'll do), recorded audio commentaries for the original ''Halloween'' and ''H20'', spoke with Creator/JohnCarpenter at a screening of the original film, and co-starred on ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'', playing heavily on her legacy in the genre. |
| 361 | ** Jamie regrets all of the many nude scenes she's done over the course of her career. |
| 362 | * Creator/JohnCusack has said he's only made "10 good movies". |
| 363 | ** Even within the category of movies not on that list, ''Film/ConAir'' is in a league of its own. He refuses to be interviewed about it. |
| 364 | ** Cusack apparently saw ''Film/BetterOffDead'' while working on another Savage Steve Holland movie, ''Film/OneCrazySummer'', and wasn't pleased. He was reportedly furious with Holland, although other cast and crew members showed him the movie was getting favorable reviews. He appears to have mellowed on the subject somewhat in recent years. |
| 365 | ** He also does not look back fondly on his role in ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'', due to his preferring roles in more serious films. It is the most likely reason why he did not return for the sequel (apart from appearing in one deleted scene). |
| 366 | * When asked to name the worst movie he was ever in, Creator/PeterCushing responded with ''Film/TheBloodBeastTerror''. |
| 367 | * Creator/TimothyDalton has a doozy in the form of the 1978 film ''Film/{{Sextette}}'', in which he's paired up with an 84-year-old Creator/MaeWest in a film which misguidedly treats her like she's still a sex symbol. He even made fun of it on a talk show. |
| 368 | * Creator/JoeDante feels that ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', and many of his other films suffered from ExecutiveMeddling. |
| 369 | * Years after Creator/ViolaDavis starred in ''Film/TheHelp'', she has spoken openly more than once about how she regretted taking the role. Even though the film was a huge success, Davis didn't like how the film played into WhiteMansBurden instead of focusing on the Maids and their story on dealing with the Jim Crow South. She claimed the movie was too safe and catered to the white audience not to offend them, instead of telling the real story about how oppressive such a time really was. |
| 370 | * Creator/CaraDelevingne is ashamed of her appearance in ''Film/TulipFever'' because of bad experiences with executive producer Harvey Weinstein, who blackmailed her and threatened to ruin her career by outing her as a lesbian. |
| 371 | * Creator/LauraDern: |
| 372 | ** She once took a role in ''Film/{{Grizzly}} II'', a low budget horror film that never saw release. She becomes visibly embarrassed whenever it is brought up. |
| 373 | ** Dern also averts this trope with her role as Susan in "The Puppy Episode" of ''Series/{{Ellen}}'', despite the short-term damage it did to her career. Dern is good friends with Creator/EllenDegeneres, acknowledges the positive effect the episode had on the LGBT rights movement and to this day states she is proud to have done it. |
| 374 | * Considering Creator/LeonardoDicaprio thanked Michael Caton-Jones for his "first film", even though ''Film/ThisBoysLife'' was actually his third film, it seems like he's not fond of either ''Films/{{Critters 3}}'' or ''Film/PoisonIvy''. In fairness to the latter, he was just an extra in it. |
| 375 | * Creator/AngieDickinson appeared naked in Film/BigBadMama, but in later life claimed that she had never, and would never, do nude scenes. Accordingly, ''Son of Golden Turkey Awards'' gives her a nomination for Most Embarrassing Nude Scene, despite Dickinson looking good in the scenes. |
| 376 | * Creator/VincentDOnofrio is not very proud of his feature-film debut, the 1983 sex comedy ''Film/TheFirstTurnOn'' |
| 377 | * Creator/RobertDowneyJr revealed his dislike for his work on ''Film/USMarshals'', claiming that it was "the worst action film of all time", and said that he would rather wake up in jail for a TB test than have to wake up another morning knowing that he'd be going to the set of that movie. |
| 378 | * Creator/RichardDreyfuss admitted that he was disappointed in ''Film/{{W}}'' while appearing on ''Series/TheView'', saying that it was "6/8 of a good film" and called the film's director Creator/OliverStone a fascist. Stone eventually retorted that working with Dreyfuss was the single worst experience he ever had with an actor in his life. |
| 379 | * Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus doesn't think highly of her film debut ''Film/{{Troll|1986}}'', when Creator/JayLeno showed her a clip of one of her scenes of her running around in an ivy bikini, she was visibly embarrassed. |
| 380 | * Creator/PattyDuke considered the film version of ''Film/ValleyOfTheDolls'' to be this, given it ruined her GirlNextDoor image in the eyes of the public and almost ruined her career as well. Although she ''did'' take the role in the hopes of successfully transition to an adult actress, [[GoneHorriblyWrong the actual end result probably wasn't what she expected.]] |
| 381 | * Creator/FayeDunaway genuinely thought she would win an Oscar for ''Film/MommieDearest''. Needless to say, she was not pleased with the ParodyRetcon and has been known to stop interviews if asked about the film. |
| 382 | * Creator/IreneDunne disowned her earliest screen role as the female lead of ''Film/{{Leathernecking}}'', the lost movie version of the Rodgers and Hart musical ''Theatre/PresentArms''. |
| 383 | * Creator/AaronEckhart once encountered a fan ''buying a copy'' of ''Film/TheCore'' at a video store, and attempted to talk the guy into spending his money on something else. |
| 384 | * Creator/ZacEfron has stated to ''Men's Fitness'' magazine that he regrets taking part in the ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' movies and wishes that he could go back and tell his teenage self not to do them, even though they are ironically his StarMakingRole. |
| 385 | * In an interview with Creator/LarryKing, Creator/ChrisElliott said the worst advice he ever got was being told to star in ''Film/DanceFlick'', though he took comfort in the fact that [[MoneyDearBoy he at least got paid for it]]. |
| 386 | * Creator/ShannonElizabeth would probably prefer people forget about the time she was ''raped by a snowman'' during her small part in ''Film/JackFrost1997''. |
| 387 | * Creator/EthanEmbry admits that ''Film/VegasVacation'' was "horrible". |
| 388 | * Creator/RLeeErmey hated working on ''Film/TheRift''[[note]] aka ''Endless Descent''[[/note]], calling it "the number one" on his "piece of shit movie" list. It's a Spanish-made entry in the 1989-90 rash of underwater peril movies. If you insist on seeing this, be warned - it was directed by the man who gave us (without asking if we wanted them) ''Film/PodPeople'' ''and'' ''Film/SupersonicMan''. |
| 389 | * Creator/ChrisFarley hated ''Film/BeverlyHillsNinja'' and swore to never make another film like it again (sadly, death never allowed him to play the PlayingAgainstType roles he sought). |
| 390 | * Creator/ColinFarrell apparently does not like the film version of ''Film/MiamiVice''. He also made fun of ''Film/{{Alexander}}'' while on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 391 | * Creator/ColinFirth isn't too fond of the films ''Film/{{Playmaker}}'' and ''Film/{{Trauma}}''. He only made the former to be closer to his son (who was living in Los Angeles at the time) and with the latter, he was so embarrassed to be involved with the film that he attended a screening in secret just to see how bad it was (he was later relieved to find himself being the only one in the theater watching the film). |
| 392 | * Creator/JasonFlemyng [[http://www.metro.co.uk/film/868870-x-mens-jason-flemyng-i-think-january-jones-is-fantastic#ixzz1cEDFnBYy has said]] the only film he'd erase from his filmography is ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' - "I was dressed as Santa, getting killed by a doll, on a set in Romania, thinking: ‘Where did it go wrong?’" |
| 393 | * Creator/JaneFonda revealed on ''Watch What Happens Live'' that the worst film she ever did was ''Film/InTheCoolOfTheDay'', claiming it was so bad, in fact, she wasn't certain if it had been released and wished it had never been filmed. |
| 394 | * Creator/JohnFord hated ''Film/ThePloughAndTheStars'' (1936), a passion project ruined by ExecutiveMeddling. Ford even walked off the set, forcing assistant directors to finish shooting the movie, loudly proclaiming that RKO "ruined the damned thing." |
| 395 | * 20th Century Fox and Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg are ashamed of ''Film/DateMovie'', even to the point where Fox got 2 film critics to do a commentary for the movie where they make fun of it and Seltzer and Friedberg kept apologizing for it during their commentary. Weirdly enough, Seltzer and Friedberg's movies got even worse reviews yet they didn't apologize for it over the commentary nor did Fox get film critics to make fun of it in a commentary. |
| 396 | * Creator/MichaelJFox: |
| 397 | ** In his first autobiography ''Lucky Man'', he looked back on ''Film/TeenWolf'' with a great deal of embarrassment. Hence explaining why he refused to do the sequel (which, curiously, neither star [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Jason Bateman]] nor scriptwriter [[Series/{{Heroes}} Tim Kring]] talks about much nowadays). |
| 398 | ** Fox also isn't proud of most of the films he made after his Parkinson's diagnosis, because during that time his thinking was, "I'd better do as many movies as I can before I can no longer act", and started accepting roles for movies that, in the end, weren't very good. |
| 399 | * Creator/JamieFoxx has said that his time working on ''Film/{{Stealth}}'' wasn't even that good, but admits he was glad he didn't have to lie and say it was good while making this movie. |
| 400 | * Creator/JamesFranco: |
| 401 | ** He once called ''Film/YourHighness'' a piece of shit in an interview. On his Creator/ComedyCentral roast, he likened it to the roast, saying it's "homophobic, vulgar, has untalented actors, is only a big deal to 15 year olds, and won't be remembered in three months." |
| 402 | ** He also doesn't like ''Film/{{Annapolis}}'' very much either. Franco also admits regretting doing ''Film/TristanAndIsolde''. |
| 403 | * Creator/BrendanFraser was so ashamed of ''Film/{{Inkheart}}'', ''Film/ExtraordinaryMeasures'', and ''Film/FurryVengeance'' that it caused him to quit the agency that was representing him. It didn't help that these movies were critical and commercial flops. |
| 404 | * Creator/MorganFreeman called ''Literature/TheBonfireOfTheVanities'' as the one biggest nightmare of his career. |
| 405 | * Creator/HiroshiFujioka was not pleased at how [[Series/KamenRider Takeshi Hongo]] was portrayed in ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'', making him a crotchety old man who despised the younger Riders' way of thinking. This led to him becoming a co-writer for ''Film/KamenRiderIchigo'' so he can get the character right. |
| 406 | * In 1980, following the success rival gag magazine ''National Lampoon'' had had with ''Film/AnimalHouse'', William M. Gaines, founder and then-publisher of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'', allowed the magazine's name to be used in ''MAD Magazine Presents: Film/UpTheAcademy''. Gaines, upon the film's release, was so disgusted with the finished product (which included the non-ironic use of racist jokes, as well as coarse language and sexual content Gaines would never allow to be published in his magazine) that he paid $50,000 to have all references to the Magazine removed, including a statue of Alfred E. Neuman that was prominently featured in the academy square. Gaines even parodied the film in his magazine as ''[[http://technicolordreams70.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mad_throw_up_the_academy-12.jpg Mad Magazine Resents Throw Up the Academy]]''. The spoof lasts just two pages before ending with a series of memos between Gaines and the editors, the writer and the artist (whose names are all intentionally scribbled out) agreeing just to stop the article, even though they had only covered the first twenty minutes of the film. |
| 407 | * Creator/ZachGalifianakis says that he has few regrets in his life, but wishes that he hadn't signed on to do sequels to ''Film/TheHangover''. |
| 408 | * Creator/JenniferGarner revealed that she felt that ''Film/{{Elektra}}'' was awful, according to her ''Series/{{Alias}}'' co-star Creator/MichaelVartan. He said that she told him that she only did that movie because it was in her contract thanks to ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''. |
| 409 | * Creator/JaneaneGarofalo on ''Film/TheTruthAboutCatsAndDogs'': |
| 410 | -->I think it's soft and corny, and the soundtrack makes you want to puke, and everybody's dressed in Banana Republic clothing. The original script and the original intent was very different than what it wound up being when it became a studio commercial film. It was originally supposed to be a small-budget independent film where there would be much more complexity to all the characters, and [[spoiler:Abby ''(Garofalo's character)'' and the guy don't wind up together at the end.]] |
| 411 | * Creator/SarahMichelleGellar has stated that she doesn't like ''Film/SimplyIrresistible'' any more than most other people who've seen it. |
| 412 | * Creator/MelGibson: |
| 413 | ** He was so ashamed of his role in ''Film/TheMillionDollarHotel'' that he fought to prevent it from being released to theaters in the U.S. |
| 414 | ** He also wasn't too keen on his role in ''Film/TheRiver'', which he felt he was miscast for. |
| 415 | * Creator/WhoopiGoldberg disowned 1987's ''Film/TheTelephone'' (she even tried to keep it from being released). As one American critic noted, this was the same year as ''Film/{{Burglar}}'' and ''Film/FatalBeauty''. She was also ashamed of starring in ''Film/TheodoreRex'', which Goldberg tried to walk out of after reading the script, but was forced to stay on after its studio threatened her with a lawsuit. |
| 416 | * Matthew Goode: |
| 417 | ** He came to dislike his role in ''Film/{{Leap Year|2010}}'', saying the only reason he did that movie was so that he could visit his family more often. |
| 418 | ** Goode also didn't like his part in ''Film/BridesheadRevisited'', either. |
| 419 | * Creator/KelseyGrammer apparently hated ''Film/TheNewJerseyTurnpikes'' so much that he bought the rights to keep the film from being released. |
| 420 | * Creator/HughGrant has admitted that he regretted doing the film ''Film/NineMonths'', because it was distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, which is owned by News Corporation, the same company which owned [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers News of the World]], whose demise via the phone hacking scandal was helped along by Grant. He said that he would never work with the studio ever again. |
| 421 | * Creator/JamesGunn isn't a fan of ''Film/TheSpecials'', especially seeing as he clashed with Creator/JamieKennedy and the director, Creator/CraigMazin, on the set of the movie. |
| 422 | ** Gunn also regrets a series of tweets he made in 2008 which initially led to Disney severing all ties with him and firing him from directing ''Guardians of the Galaxy 3'' prior to being reinstated as director later. |
| 423 | * Creator/JackieEarleHaley not only dislikes ''Film/TheBadNewsBears Go To Japan'', but considers it the worst movie ever made. |
| 424 | * Creator/LarryHankin is not a fan of ''Film/BillyMadison''. He mainly disliked it because he didn't like the type of humor used in the movie, he didn't find Creator/AdamSandler very appealing as a person (saying he found him too crude and immature), and his friend was fired from the movie. |
| 425 | * Creator/TomHanks: |
| 426 | ** He felt this way about his film debut in a SlasherMovie called ''Film/HeKnowsYoureAlone'', as stated in interviews many years later. |
| 427 | ** He also poked fun at starring in ''Film/TheTerminal'' while hosting ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 428 | ** Hanks dislikes ''Film/BachelorParty'', ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', and almost every other comedy film made during his "starving artist" phase of the '80s (''Film/{{Splash}}'' and ''Film/{{Big}}'' being obvious exceptions). There's a reason TomHanksSyndrome is named for him. |
| 429 | ** When asked in an interview what film he wished he could remove from his resume, his response was ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe''. He even went as far as calling it “a dog”. |
| 430 | *** When Tom Hanks was asked in a [[https://www.davidsheff.com/tom-hanks 1989 interview with “Playboy”]] to give his thoughts on ''The Man With One Red Shoe'', he had this to say: |
| 431 | --->”Not a very good movie. It doesn’t have any real, clear focus to it. It isn’t about anything particularly that you can honestly understand. It made no money at all.“ |
| 432 | * Creator/DarylHannah has never seen ''Film/WallStreet''. She said in an interview that it was a "rough experience" and she and Creator/OliverStone had an "unhealthy working relationship". At the time of filming she accused Stone of being a misogynist. She said "film is a collaborate medium. Sometimes you hook up with people you don't collaborate well with." |
| 433 | ** When asked in a 2010 interview with [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/feb/08/daryl-hannah-actor ''The Guardian'']] what the ''lowest point'' in her career was, Daryl said it was starring in a bunch of DirectToVideo movies in the 2000s, which she only did for the cash: |
| 434 | -->[[MoneyDearBoy “Doing some films just for the cash, which hopefully went straight to video and no one ever saw"]]. |
| 435 | ** With the exception of ''Film/BladeRunner'' [[note]]which Hannah considered to be her [[CreatorsFavorite “career high point”]][[/note]], she does not look fondly at any of the films she appeared in prior to her star-making role in ''Film/{{Splash}}''[[note]]Those films being ''Film/TheFury '', ''Film/HardCountry'', ''Film/SummerLovers'', ''Film/TheFinalTerror'', and ''Film/{{Reckless}}''[[/note]]. In fact, whenever it was brought up in interviews, Daryl would become embarrassed and apologize for starring in them: |
| 436 | -->[[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/who-is-this-daryl-hannah-anyway-100560/amp/ “Oh, God, I’m sorry. Embarrassing.”]] |
| 437 | * Creator/MarciaGayHarden doesn't speak highly about her role in ''Film/SpyHard''. She [[CanonDiscontinuity doesn't even include it on her official website]]. She would say that while she enjoyed working with Creator/LeslieNielsen, the production was behind schedule and overbudget. Harden thought that the movie would be a great opportunity to have some fun, but she didn't find the movie very funny. She also said that when people mention the film to her, she'll attest to not really seeing it in whole. All that she knew was that her character, Miss Cheevus, was supposed to be sexy, but she didn't know if she even was to begin with. |
| 438 | * Actor and Youtuber Creator/BrandonHardesty, known for his Youtube reenactments and the documentary series ''No Small Parts'', admits he is not proud of ''Film/BuckyLarsonBornToBeAStar'' and claims to have walked out of it halfway through to see ''Film/Contagion2011'' instead. |
| 439 | * Creator/TomHardy: |
| 440 | ** Hardy has never been charitable about ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' (as explained in the "Multiple Examples" section), as the film's poor box office performance and critical drubbing stalled out his career for a long time and made him feel suicidal. |
| 441 | ** He has stated in interviews that, unless the right script comes along, ''Film/ThisMeansWar2012'' has put him off doing romantic comedies for a long time. It didn't help that he didn't enjoy filming it. |
| 442 | * Creator/EthanHawke: |
| 443 | ** He admits that ''Film/TakingLives'' was "terrible", but said that he enjoyed working with Creator/AngelinaJolie and described her as the best actress he kissed on film. |
| 444 | ** He also severely dissed ''Film/GreatExpectations'', calling it a "lousy experience". He added that he felt he had been talked into making this film, something he realized about a month into shooting which was then too late for him to pull out. Incidentally the film's director, Creator/AlfonsoCuaron, expressed nearly identical regrets about the film, later calling it "a complete failed film" and also saying he should not have allowed himself to be talked into making it. |
| 445 | * Brigitte Helm, who is best remembered for playing Maria and the robot in Creator/FritzLang's silent film epic ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', refused to talk about the movie in her later years, going as far as to deny that she was in it. This may have to do with the fact that the robot costume was extremely uncomfortable for her to wear, causing her several injuries. |
| 446 | * Creator/WalterHill distanced himself from the experience of making ''Film/{{Supernova}}'', eventually creating the name "Thomas Lee" to avoid his involvement. |
| 447 | * Creator/AlfredHitchcock called his 1948 film ''Film/{{Rope}}'' "an experiment that didn't work out" before disowning it. (Based on the play of the same name, was trying to capture the feel of a theatrical play with a movie, and shot the 80-minute movie in real-time. The movie was made with only ten takes, and some of them lasted over ten minutes. |
| 448 | ** Many film historians [[MagnumOpusDissonance disagree with Hitchcock's assessment and consider it to be Hitchcock's most unknown and underappreciated masterpiece]]. |
| 449 | * Creator/DustinHoffman was critical about the finished product on ''Literature/{{Sphere}}''. Given that pre-production was so extensive that it allowed him and director Barry Levinson to make the much more liked ''Film/WagTheDog'' (which even got Hoffman an Oscar nom!), it's not hard to blame him. |
| 450 | * Creator/AnthonyHopkins: |
| 451 | ** He revealed he never should've reprised his role as Franchise/HannibalLecter in both ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' and ''Film/RedDragon''. |
| 452 | ** He also called ''Film/{{Freejack}}'' a "terrible film". |
| 453 | * Creator/DennisHopper hated ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' but admitted that he enjoyed his time on the set. He later said playing King Koopa in ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' ruined his career. |
| 454 | * Creator/AnthonyHorowitz believed it was a "mistake" to adapt ''[[Literature/AlexRider Stormbreaker]]'', and has no plans to adapt the rest of the Alex Rider series to film. |
| 455 | * Creator/BobHoskins regretted ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', as recounted in [[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/18/bob-hoskins-interview-neverland an interview]] with ''The Guardian'' in 2011: |
| 456 | -->'''Interviewer:''' What is the worst job you've done?\ |
| 457 | '''Bob Hoskins:''' Super Mario Brothers.\ |
| 458 | '''Interviewer:''' What has been your biggest disappointment?\ |
| 459 | '''Bob Hoskins:''' Super Mario Brothers.\ |
| 460 | '''Interviewer:''' If you could edit your past, what would you change?\ |
| 461 | '''Bob Hoskins:''' I wouldn't do Super Mario Brothers. |
| 462 | * [[Film/TheThreeStooges Moe Howard]] would sometimes refer to ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheThreeStooges'' as "a Technicolor mistake." |
| 463 | * Creator/HowardHughes felt very guilty over his decision to film ''Film/TheConqueror'' miles away from the Nevada test site where nuclear devices are tested. It is believed that the location had dangerous material in the air that led to ''many'' of the crews' deaths, including Creator/JohnWayne. The film was poorly acted and was considered one of the worst films ever made. It is also believed that Hughes had watched this film ''endlessly'' on television during the last few years of his life (possibly due to his obsessive compulsiveness). |
| 464 | * Creator/JeremyIrons: |
| 465 | ** He has stated in several interviews that he doesn't care for ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'' very much. |
| 466 | ** He's also not fond of ''Film/{{Damage|1992}}'', saying he doesn't think the film's director Creator/LouisMalle writes upper class Englishmen very well. |
| 467 | * Creator/KatharineIsabelle has stated on multiple occasions that she didn't like ''Film/FreddyVsJason''. She also didn't get along with Director Ronny Yu, stating that he tried to force her to do nude scenes against her will. |
| 468 | * On top of its TroubledProduction, Donald G. Jackson openly hated his first movie, ''Film/TheDemonLover'', from its inception since its occult themes strongly went against his Christian viewpoints. Don claimed that he only made the movie out of peer pressure by co-director Jerry Younkins who saw how popular demonic horror films were during the '70s and wouldn't finance his first picture otherwise. Up until his death in 2003, Don would frequently claim ''Demon Lover'' [[ParodyRetcon was a parody]] of horror films of the time, even though a quick viewing of the movie would say otherwise. |
| 469 | * Creator/SamuelLJackson regrets his film debut, ''Film/TogetherForDays''. When asked about it, he says he's glad most people haven't seen it. |
| 470 | * Victoria Jackson (best remembered for playing DumbBlonde characters on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'') appeared naked in ''Film/CasualSex'' (with Creator/LeaThompson). Jackson is a conservative Christian. She is not very proud of being in that movie. |
| 471 | * Creator/TaliesinJaffe, a much-beloved anime scriptwriter and director (known for the ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' dubs), and a small internet sensation through his character on ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', started as a child actor. Most notably, he was in ''Film/MrMom'' as Kenny - the kid [[TropeNamer with]] TheWoobie. When the Woobie is brought up as a joke on ''Critical Role'', he shakes his head and says, "We do not use the "W" word." |
| 472 | * ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'': |
| 473 | ** Creator/SamTaylorJohnson claims that had she known about what making the film would involve, she never would have gone through with it. This owed to the fact that she spent the production [[HostilityOnTheSet stuck at loggerheads]] with the book's writer Creator/ELJames, who was given [[ProtectionFromEditors far more creative control and veto power than anyone expected]]. Taylor-Johnson wanted to make a PragmaticAdaptation that would trim the book's meandering structure and answer [[RomanticizedAbuser some of the more common criticisms of its main relationship]], while James wanted to change as little as possible. Add in the fact that the film, despite being a box-office success, reviewed very poorly and became a subject of tabloid mockery, and it's rather easy to understand why she didn't return for the sequels. |
| 474 | ** Creator/DakotaJohnson only had this to say on her role: |
| 475 | -->"I watch it every night... when I want to go to sleep." |
| 476 | * Creator/AngelinaJolie doesn't have anything good to say about ''[[Film/Cyborg1989 Cyborg 2]]'', revealing that after she saw that movie, it made her get sick after heading back to her home. |
| 477 | * Given her decade-plus long career as an extremely capable ActionGirl, Creator/MillaJovovich prefers people not think too hard about 1991's ''Return to Film/TheBlueLagoon''. She also, like most people, hated ''Film/Ultraviolet2006''. |
| 478 | * Director Mathieu Kassovitz disowned ''Film/BabylonAD'', blaming 20th Century Fox for denying him control of the project and demanding a series of cuts. |
| 479 | * In an interview with Creator/DavidLetterman in 1982, Creator/AndyKaufman admitted that he was ashamed to be in the 1981 film ''Film/{{Heartbeeps}}''. |
| 480 | * Animator David Kcenich admitted on Website/{{Facebook}} that he doesn't think too highly of ''Film/CoolWorld'' and blamed the film's not being very good on its TroubledProduction. |
| 481 | -->"I actually worked on it. Sure it was bad and had a ton of problems with the story but there are so many behind the scene problems that lead to it being so bad. Despite all the negative comments about Creator/RalphBakshi he gave a lot of artists their first break into an industry that was in a state of flux in TheNineties. There were story issues and so many changes and budget problems that it's a surprising it even got released. There was so much really good animation cut out from the original version after the rating change. The working conditions were horrible. I actually worked in a closet for most of the film. Half the crew was gone when the whole Super Hero guy was added to the ending. Sure Ralph had issues and studio conflicts but he gave an unemployed artist a job when he was about to give up his dream of being an animator. Sure it was difficult explaining the plot to my family and I did tell them not to see it but before you tear into a film just remember there might be some behind the scene shit that lead to it being the way it is. It is hard to sit through I agree but there is some really good animation in it. It's really bad but it isn't the worst." |
| 482 | * Creator/MargotKidder didn't realize that ''Tribulation'' (the third movie in the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' knockoff ''Film/{{Apocalypse}}'' series) was Christian propaganda until she was nearly through filming. Apparently (and understandably) she didn't understand the plot until the end, when the Anti-Christ goes on a MotiveRant. Margot Kidder was an avowed atheist. People coming up to her and praising her work in said movie was a BerserkButton for her. |
| 483 | * Creator/NicoleKidman said this of ''Film/{{Australia}}'': |
| 484 | --> I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done...It's just impossible for me to connect to it emotionally at all. |
| 485 | ** If you want to embarrass her, mention ''Film/BMXBandits''. |
| 486 | * Creator/StephenKing made ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' because after all the film adaptations of his work, he had come to believe [[OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight only he should direct adaptations of his work]]. His trailer for the film promised it would be the best adaptation yet and would terrify audiences. Unfortunately, the film was poorly received. He initially tried to double back and [[ParodyRetcon claim it was meant to be a parody]], but later admitted that the film really wasn't that good, and it only served to prove he can mess up just as bad as other directors. |
| 487 | * While promoting ''Film/IronMan3'' on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 2]], Creator/BenKingsley didn't like it when a listener mentioned meeting him while filming ''The 5th Monkey'', because he thought the film was dreadful (as do most people who've seen it). |
| 488 | * Tommy Kirk regrets most of the films he appeared in toward the end of his career, notably ''Film/MarsNeedsWomen'', calling it "undoubtedly one of the stupidest motion pictures ever made. How I got talked into it, I don't know." He also said of ''Film/ItsABikiniWorld'', "It was... basically the end of my career, one of the worst pieces of shit that I've ever been in in my life. I can't believe that I could be so stupid. Poor Deborah Walley, poor me." He says he only did the films [[MoneyDearBoy because he had spent all his money on drugs]]. |
| 489 | * Music/KrisKristofferson was scornful about his role in ''Film/NoPlaceToHide''. When fans asked him about this film, he would told them that he doesn't remember even shooting it. |
| 490 | * While German pop star Daniel Küblböck has mixed feelings about his early musical work, he's been far more scathing of his first (and so far, only) starring role, ''Film/DanielDerZauberer'', which he described as "the worst movie ever made" in an interview five years after its release. |
| 491 | * Creator/StanleyKubrick was embarrassed about his first feature film, ''Film/FearAndDesire''; he called it "a bumbling amateur film exercise" and tried to obtain all known prints in order to prevent it from ever being seen again. |
| 492 | * Creator/MilaKunis has stated that she's not proud of ''Film/SantaWithMuscles'' and ''Film/AmericanPsycho2AllAmericanGirl''. |
| 493 | * Creator/AshtonKutcher [[http://www.esquire.com/features/ashton-kutcher-photos-0313-3#ixzz2L6Tkaf6j admitted in Esquire]] that he made some poor choices. |
| 494 | -->"I know exactly what films I've done that fucking suck donkey. And I know the ones that are good, that people like. And I know it not because of the box office, because the box office is not going to tell you the truth. I know it because I have friends that don't hold back. They don't depend on me for money or employment. They're just friends. Friends tell the truth." |
| 495 | * Creator/ShiaLaBeouf has said that he didn't like ''Film/WallStreetMoneyNeverSleeps'' or ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. |
| 496 | * Creator/JohnLandis, as everyone knows, inserts the phrase "see you next Wednesday" in each of his films, often as the title of an imaginary movie. He explains that it's the title of a script he wrote in his youth which shall never see the light of day. |
| 497 | * Creator/JessicaLange revealed in an interview that she didn't like ''Film/Hush1998'', acknowledging it as a "piece of shit". |
| 498 | ** She also severely dissed ''Film/LosingIsaiah'', claiming that she talked herself into doing this film as she hadn't worked in awhile, and knew that the entire result of it didn't feel right. |
| 499 | ** Lange also didn't had a good experience making ''Film/EverybodysAllAmerican'', nor did she get along with director Taylor Hackford. |
| 500 | * Creator/AndyLau publicly apologized for making the movie ''Film/{{Switch}}'', and [[SelfDeprecation stated that his biggest flaw is his inability to discern whether or not a script is crappy]]. |
| 501 | * Creator/LaurelAndHardy didn't speak too highly of their later films for Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer. Laurel in particular was displeased with the lack of creative input he had on the movies. Hardy did seem to at least enjoy 1943's ''Jitterbugs,'' as he reportedly included it among his top five favorite movies. |
| 502 | ** Laurel also didn't enjoy his experience on ''Atoll K,'' the duo's final movie. The chaotic production was only made worse when Laurel became quite ill in the middle of shooting. He later described the film as "an abortion." |
| 503 | * Creator/JudeLaw has admitted in interviews that he didn't enjoy the remake of ''Film/{{Alfie}}''. |
| 504 | ** He also wasn't a fan of ''Film/MusicFromAnotherRoom'', stating that it was the only film that he did for the money. |
| 505 | * Before the release of ''Film/WintersBone'', a teenage Creator/JenniferLawrence starred in a crappy, generic horror film called ''Film/HouseAtTheEndOfTheStreet''. It sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment until three years later when ''Film/TheHungerGames'' became a massive box office success and the studio decided to release it to capitalize on Lawrence's newfound fame. While she didn't promote the film and is clearly ashamed of it (and with good reason), the studio's plan worked as ''House'' was a box office success solely because of Lawrence. |
| 506 | * Creator/DavidLean all but disowned his movie ''Film/{{Madeleine}}'' (1950), which he made as a sop to then-wife Ann Todd. The fractious dissolution of their marriage probably played a role, though Lean was unsatisfied with the movie even at the time. |
| 507 | * Creator/DenisLeary, like Creator/JohnCusack, has said that he doesn't like the majority of his movies. He actually said once that he's made "10 good movies and 30 bad ones". He particularly isn't fond of ''Film/OperationDumboDrop'', ''Film/DemolitionMan'', or ''Film/TwoIfBySea''. |
| 508 | ** In his book ''Why We Suck'', he provides a side-by-side photo of himself and Creator/WillemDafoe, explaining that people seem to think they look alike. He goes on to comment: |
| 509 | --->I apologize if every time I hear "You were great in ''Film/SpiderMan1''" [[note]]The first one, starring Tobey Maguire. The book was written before his appearance in the reboot film[[/note]], he has to hear "Why the fuck did you do ''Film/OperationDumboDrop''?" |
| 510 | * According to interviews, Creator/ChristopherLee actually apologized to director Creator/JoeDante while they were making ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' for his participation in ''Film/HowlingIIYourSisterIsAWerewolf'' (aka ''The Howling 2: Stirba-Werewolf Bitch''), the sequel to the director's ''Film/TheHowling''. |
| 511 | * Creator/JanetLeigh said she starred in ''Film/NightOfTheLepus'' because it was shot near her home, and meant less time away from her family, adding "I've forgotten as much as I could about that picture." |
| 512 | * Music/JohnLennon hated ''Film/{{Help}}'' when he looked back on it. In fact, the band as a whole wasn't too fond of the end product, feeling they were extras in their own movie. |
| 513 | * Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant said that most of their films were not meant to be Oscar-worthy (they wouldn't make any money that way) and have little artistic value, but thought that ''Film/HerbieFullyLoaded'' doesn't speak for them as they grew tired with an executive who made strange demands (such as a request that Herbie be able to smile) and distanced themselves from it during production. They also admitted that ''Film/{{Taxi}}'' didn't go very well either, although they were perplexed because the movie performed well in test screenings. |
| 514 | * Creator/JerryLewis: |
| 515 | ** He resented having ever worked on ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'', and the film has since become infamous for never having been seen by more than half a dozen people. |
| 516 | ** Lewis has also said that ''Film/HollywoodOrBust'' is the only one of his movies that he refused to watch, due to the sad memories of his feud with costar and comedy partner Creator/DeanMartin during production. |
| 517 | ** For ''Film/HowDidYouGetInWeDidntSeeYouLeave'', he stated that as long as he had control over distribution, the film and another that he made in Europe would never get a US release (no word has emerged since his passing). |
| 518 | * Creator/AstridLindgren was dissatisfied with the 1949 film adaptation of ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' due to Viveca Serlachius, then 26 years old, playing the eponymous 9-year-old character and how her stories were changed. As such, Lindgren would scripting most of the later film adaptations of her works. |
| 519 | * In response to a fan who mentioned watching ''Film/IKnowWhoKilledMe'' two times, one of Creator/LindsayLohan's posts on Twitter was "two times too many". |
| 520 | * Creator/JonLovitz revealed that he and the rest of cast didn't enjoy making ''Film/TrappedInParadise''. They jokingly referred to it as "Trapped in Bullshit". |
| 521 | * Linda Lovelace, the famous '70s porn star, went on to become an anti-pornography activist who regarded her entire porn career as this. She stated that she was coerced into doing porn by her abusive husband Chuck Traynor, including being forced to perform sex acts on a dog, and that she had a gun pointed at her head on the set of ''Deep Throat'' (her most famous film) and was, for all intents and purposes, being raped during the production of that film. |
| 522 | * For the longest time, Creator/RobLowe did not acknowledge the film ''Film/TommyBoy'', to the point of leaving it off of his resume. When the film became a CultClassic though is only when he became more willing to admit to his role in the film. |
| 523 | * Creator/NatashaLyonne once said (in a 2001 Teen People interview) that her appearance on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' ''as a little girl'' was this for her. |
| 524 | * Music/{{Madonna}} would just as soon people forget her first movie, ''Film/ACertainSacrifice,'' which she made before she became famous. She also tried to prevent it from being released. |
| 525 | * Creator/MichaelMadsen [[http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=1020&in_page_id=11 hasn't got good things to say about]] ''Film/SpeciesII'' ([[Film/{{Species}} the original]], on the other hand, he says it's one of the few actual good movies he worked on). He also, to nobody's surprise, hated ''Film/BloodRayne''. |
| 526 | * Creator/VirginiaMadsen has stated in interviews that she had a negative experience making her film debut, ''Film/{{Class|1983}}''. |
| 527 | * Creator/RooneyMara: |
| 528 | ** She [[http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00046552.html hated the experience]] of working on the remake of ''Film/{{A Nightmare on Elm Street|2010}}'', and almost quit acting as a result of it. [[CreatorsApathy By her own admission, she didn't even try to give a good performance]]. |
| 529 | ** She has said she regrets taking part in ''Film/{{Pan}}'', especially after the ensuing racial controversy over her playing a character that is supposed to be Native American. |
| 530 | * [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] revealed that ''Film/PickingUpThePieces'' was the worst film he ever did, and said the only reason he did the movie was to get to work with Creator/WoodyAllen. |
| 531 | * The Creator/MarxBrothers' first movie ever, ''Film/HumorRisk'', is a cobbled-together silent mishmash of their vaudeville routines. Groucho apparently hated it so much that he burned it after viewing. At any rate, [[MissingEpisode it doesn't exist any more]]. |
| 532 | ** Groucho Marx didn't think much of the team's last three movies for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer - ''Film/AtTheCircus,'' ''Film/GoWest,'' and ''Film/TheBigStore''. At the very least, Groucho did seem to enjoy "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady," a song from ''At the Circus'' that he continued to use as part of his repertoire for years. |
| 533 | ** Groucho only agreed to do ''Film/LoveHappy,'' a vehicle for his other brothers, because the producers refused to finance it unless all three Marx Brothers were featured. He gave the film no mention in his autobiography ''Groucho and Me.'' |
| 534 | * Creator/JosephMazzello, who played Tim in ''[[Film/JurassicPark1993 Jurassic Park]]'', apparently gets rather annoyed if one mentions the role to him, according to Creator/DavidFincher (who directed him in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''). |
| 535 | * Kelly [=McGillis=] despises her work in ''Film/CatChaser'' and said that she did not have a good experience making the film. |
| 536 | * Creator/RoseMcGowan didn't particularly care for ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' saying that, if Creator/HenrySelick hadn't been fired half way through making the movie, it would've been much better. |
| 537 | * Creator/EwanMcGregor wasn't a fan of his performance in ''Film/{{Emma}}''. |
| 538 | * ''Film/TheMummy2017'' is this for one of its screenwriters, Christopher [=McQuarrie=]. [[http://78.media.tumblr.com/5927a24256ed909fffdc4acc0d6a5306/tumblr_oz1wjhQpBw1sffue7o1_1280.jpg He even flat told someone]] to never emulate it or write anything like it when they asked for writing advice, very bluntly saying “Don’t write ''The Mummy''”. |
| 539 | * Creator/EvaMendes calls ''Film/ExitWounds'' a terrible movie, after learning that her lines were dubbed by another actress when the producers told her that her voice didn't sound intelligent enough. |
| 540 | * Creator/EthelMerman, in her memoirs, refused to discuss her part in the 1938 Ritz Brothers movie ''Film/StraightPlaceAndShow''. |
| 541 | * Creator/TimMiller regrets directing ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', saying he was "wrong" about his "rock-hard nerd belief" that he had made a good movie which would do well and acknowledging it as the probable FranchiseKiller for the Terminator series. |
| 542 | * Music/KylieMinogue has admitted that appearing in ''Film/BioDome'' was her worst career move, and said that it is the only thing she has done in her professional life that her father ridicules her for. |
| 543 | * Creator/RhonaMitra has said she had a terrible time in ''Film/Beowulf1999'', adding that everyone advised her not to do the movie. |
| 544 | * In her memoir ''Inside Out'', Creator/DemiMoore revealed that she regretted starring in ''Film/TheButchersWife'', saying she only did it to increase her fee following the success of ''Film/Ghost1990''. |
| 545 | * Creator/DudleyMoore wasn't keen about ''[[Film/Arthur1981 Arthur 2: On the Rocks]]'', eventually disowning that film by viewing it as a failure. |
| 546 | * Creator/RogerMoore wasn't too pleased with his final ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/AViewToAKill''. He said, "I was horrified on the last Bond I did. Whole slews of sequences where Creator/ChristopherWalken was machine-gunning hundreds of people. I said 'That wasn't Bond, those weren't Bond films.' It stopped being what they were all about. You didn't dwell on the blood and the brains spewing all over the place." His use of the plural "those weren't Bond films" suggests he also disowns other Bond films of his, though he didn't specify which. He also hated scenes where Bond is chauvinistic or sleeps with a woman a fraction of his age. (One of his motivators for quitting the role was having a BondGirl who was young enough to be his daughter - ''literally'' so, as he discovered much to his disgust that he was actually older than the girl's ''mother''.) |
| 547 | ** He also didn't like ''Film/TheQuest'', saying that it was his least favorite of all the films he made. |
| 548 | * Creator/RickMoranis: |
| 549 | ** He got an apparent wake-up call after doing the 1996 bomb ''Film/BigBully'', which led to him going on a lengthy hiatus to raise his children due to his wife's death years before. |
| 550 | --->On the last couple of movies I made-big-budget Hollywood movies -- I really missed being able to create my own material. In the early movies I did, I was brought in to basically rewrite my stuff, whether it was ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' or Film/{{Spaceballs}}''. By the time I got to the point where I was “starring” in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn't for me. I’m really not an actor. I’m a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody’s precious words work. |
| 551 | ** He also hated doing ''Film/StreetsOfFire'' mainly because he wasn't allowed to improvise. |
| 552 | ** He wasn't a fan of ''Film/GhostbustersII'', either. |
| 553 | * Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz has expressed regret over her participation in ''Film/ILoveYouDaddy'', conceding that in hindsight, a movie about an aging director seducing a teenager is not the sort of story Hollywood should be telling right now. She has openly expressed her hope that the film will remain shelved indefinitely. |
| 554 | * In an interview in the book ''The Anatomy of Fear: Conversations with Cult Horror and Science Fiction Film Creators'', Glen Morgan had [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3416909/story-behind-missing-scenes-black-christmas-remake/ little nice to say]] about his experience writing and directing ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'', insisting that there was so much ExecutiveMeddling from the Weinstein brothers that they may as well have been the film's real creators. |
| 555 | * Creator/KateMulgrew expressed regret for providing her voice for ''Film/ThePrinciple'' not long after the trailer was released and it became clear she'd been duped into narrating a geocentrist DocumentaryOfLies. As she is not a geocentrist, she made a public statement explaining that she was misled about the topic, describing herself as "a voice for hire, and a misinformed one, at that", and that she would have rejected the project outright had she been aware that Robert Sungenis, an infamous anti-science and Holocaust-denying traditionalist Catholic conspiracy theorist, was involved. |
| 556 | * Creator/BillMurray [[http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-bill-murrays-garfield-good.html admitted]] that, [[BlatantLies on account of]] [[WildCardExcuse his mistaking of Joel Cohen]] (writer of ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen2003'' and ''Film/MoneyTalks''[[note]]though in his defense he also worked on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''[[/note]]) for [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Joel Coen]] (writer of ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' and ''Film/{{Fargo}}''), he regrets lending his voice to the 2004 movie ''{{Film/Garfield}}''. |
| 557 | ** ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' makes this clear. |
| 558 | --->'''Wichita:''' Do you have any regrets?\ |
| 559 | '''[[AsHimself Bill Murray]]:''' ...''Film/{{Garfield}}'', maybe. |
| 560 | ** ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' takes it one step further, with a [[TheStinger mid-credits scene]] showing Murray promoting ''Garfield 3: Flabby Tabby'' on the day of the zombie virus breakout. |
| 561 | --->''Lili Estefan:'' Why in the world ... Garfield 3? |
| 562 | --->''Bill Murray:'' Drugs cost money. |
| 563 | * While promoting ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', Creator/EddieMurphy 'fessed up to hating ''Film/BestDefense1984'' and ''Film/TheGoldenChild''; since he later refused to do any promotion for ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash'', it's safe to say he has no warm feelings for this one either (a view shared by Creator/AlecBaldwin, who took his name off the credits). He also hates ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'' as he felt it ruined the character of Axel Foley and he admitted that money was his main motivation for doing that film in the first place. In fact, he's spoken negatively about all his pre-''[[Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996 Nutty Professor]]'' films from the 90s. Besides ''Beverly Hills Cop III'', he has disowned ''Film/VampireInBrooklyn'', also an OldShame of director Creator/WesCraven. Murphy also admitted by regretting he did ''Film/HolyMan'' when he appeared on a talk show. |
| 564 | * Creator/MikeMyers said that he regretted making ''Film/TheLoveGuru'', and he went as far as to mock the film during his guest appearances on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 565 | * Creator/PaulNewman: |
| 566 | ** His acting debut was in a historical epic called ''Film/TheSilverChalice'', which was a total commercial and critical failure. Years later the film was scheduled to run several nights on a Los Angeles TV station, and Newman spent $1200 on black-bordered newspaper ads reading "Paul Newman apologizes every night this week–Channel 9." |
| 567 | ** He also admitted that ''Film/WhenTimeRanOut'' was another misstep in his career. When asked by Creator/LarryKing on what was the worst film he ever did, Newman referred to it as "that volcano movie". On the bright side, the contractually obligated ''When Time Ran Out...'' provided him with the seed money to start Newman's Own, his successful charity and food business, which he is far less ashamed of. |
| 568 | * Thomas Ian Nicholas has said this about ''Film/AKidInAladdinsPalace'', and said the part with him on a flying carpet was particularly embarrassing. |
| 569 | * Creator/EdwardNorton never wanted to be in ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'', and only did so because it was part of a contract with Creator/{{Paramount}} that had landed him the role of his much more acclaimed ''Film/FightClub''. Even ''then'', he might have turned it down if he hadn't been threatened with a lawsuit. |
| 570 | * Creator/DavidORussell disowned ''Film/AccidentalLove'' which is initially his 2008 failed project, ''Nailed''. He even used the AlanSmithee approach to distance himself from it. Everyone who read the synopsis and watched the film understood his decision. |
| 571 | * Creator/RosieODonnell disliked the final result of ''Film/ExitToEden'', calling it "terrible" and refused to go promote the film. |
| 572 | * Actor Miles O'Keeffe considers the Ator trilogy, one of which was ''Film/TheBladeMaster'', as an embarrassment. There's a rumor that, when he learned that ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' mocked the movie under its "Cave Dwellers" title, he offered the crew to a drink on him if they ever met. When a viewer of the TNT monster movie block ''Monstervision'' requested the trilogy, the host told them that the last time they aired the trilogy, O'Keeffe wrote them, politely letting them know that he considered the movies an embarrassment and to please not air them again. They complied. |
| 573 | * Creator/ElliotPage: |
| 574 | ** On [[https://www.facebook.com/EllenPage/posts/10155212835577449 this Facebook]] post, he admitted that ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' was "the biggest mistake of my career" due to knowing about the sexual assault allegations against Creator/WoodyAllen and taking the role anyway. |
| 575 | ** He also describes his unpleasant experience working on ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', particularly the homophobic and misogynistic remarks made by director Creator/BrettRatner, who outed him as gay to the cast and crew (he wouldn't come out publicly until 2014). |
| 576 | ** Page [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expressed regret]] for a line in ''Film/{{Juno}}'' where his character says the name "Madison" is "kinda gay". |
| 577 | * Creator/GwynethPaltrow has said that she hates ''Film/ViewFromTheTop'', calling it terrible. She hated ''Film/ShallowHal'', [[MoneyDearBoy only doing it for money]] and hating having to wear a fat suit. |
| 578 | * Creator/JessicaPare, a respected actress most known for playing Megan Draper in ''Series/MadMen'', also appears in the first ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine''... where she spends her entire screentime naked and having sex with one of the characters, with one redband trailer featuring her doing nothing but showing off her large breasts. She doesn't talk about this movie very much. |
| 579 | * Creator/AlanParker admitted he didn't want to direct ''[[Music/TheWall Pink Floyd: The Wall]]''. The TroubledProduction where [[Music/PinkFloyd Roger Waters]] tried to WagTheDirector didn't help matters, leading Parker to describe the movie as "the most expensive student film ever made".[[note]]Waters acknowledges this in the DVD commentary, when Gerald Scarfe asks him about his relationship with Parker during the film and he responds, "''What'' relationship"?{[[/note]] |
| 580 | * Veteran voice actor Creator/RobPaulsen rather [[https://www.awn.com/animationworld/finely-tooned-voice-rob-paulsen-interviewed disliked]] his film debut (and one of his few onscreen acting roles), ''Film/EyesOfFire'', particularly his performance (and his attempt at an Irish accent). |
| 581 | * Creator/SeanPenn did not enjoy working on ''Shanghai Surprise'' opposite then-wife Music/{{Madonna}}, saying that he made a vow to himself never to discuss that movie for the rest of his life. |
| 582 | * Creator/AnthonyPerkins was regretful of ''Film/PsychoIII,'' which he directed and starred in. He also proclaimed that he made some terrible movies (pre and post ''Film/{{Psycho}}''), although kept mum about which ones he considered bad. |
| 583 | * Creator/ChrisPine has stated in at least one interview that he felt his work on ''Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit'' could've been better. |
| 584 | * Creator/BradPitt is not a big fan of appearing in ''Film/TheDevilsOwn'', calling it "the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking - if you can even call it that - that I've ever seen." |
| 585 | ** He also wishes he could wipe off the teen horror film ''Film/CuttingClass'' off his resume. |
| 586 | * It shouldn't be surprising that Creator/DonaldPleasence once declared ''Film/ThePumaman'' the worst movie he ever took part in. |
| 587 | * Music/IggyPop didn't care for ''Film/SnowDay'', saying that having to do a scene where he stuck his hand in a toilet bowl made him quit acting for a while. |
| 588 | * Creator/MichellePfeiffer is this towards ''Film/Grease2'' which, despite being her breakout role, nearly cost her a part in ''Film/Scarface1983''. She does like to joke about it however, saying she showed it to her kids and they turned it off after twenty minutes. ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'' is borderline as, while she views it as a disappointment, she says she still enjoyed making it. |
| 589 | * Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr told Movieline magazine that he could not stand ''Film/WingCommander''. |
| 590 | * Creator/DanielRadcliffe has stated that he is not a fan of the first two ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, finding them hard to watch due to the embarrassment he feels of his younger self's acting. But he actually feels that [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince the sixth film]] is the one featuring his worst performance. (He later admitted that he had few memories of filming parts of the last films thanks to alcohol abuse, and could tell just by looking at himself on screen.) |
| 591 | * Creator/SamRaimi: |
| 592 | ** He disowned ''Film/{{Crimewave}}'' due to the film's troubled production and it being recut by Columbia. |
| 593 | ** He's also admitted ''Film/SpiderMan3'' was not very good. Part of the reason the franchise was [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries rebooted]] was because he demanded more lead time and creative control in order to make sure ''Spider-Man 4'' didn't have the same problems. |
| 594 | * UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan had nothing good to say about the 1947 film ''Film/ThatHagenGirl'', the premise of which involved Reagan's character being assumed to be the illegitimate father of the newly-arrived title character played by Creator/ShirleyTemple, with the two--after it's proven Reagan's character isn't the father--eventually marrying. When Reagan entered politics, nearly all prints were suppressed, not returning until after Reagan's time as President ended. During filming Reagan was hospitalized with viral pneumonia after repeated takes of a scene in which Reagan dove into a river during a storm to save Temple's character [[DrivenToSuicide from a suicide attempt]]. Also not helping was his marriage being under strain at the time: first wife Jane Wyman had lost their youngest child, daughter Christine, shortly after birth in June 1947, which contributed to their divorce the next year. |
| 595 | * The WebVideo/RedLetterMedia crew members are pretty ashamed of all of their feature films, with good reason, but they're particularly ashamed of ''Film/GorillaInterrupted'', the amateur film that first got the core group of Mike Stoklasa, Rich Evans and Jay Bauman working together. Made when they were all around 20, over the course of a week, with no budget, under extremely unpleasant circumstances, the film is pretty bad and was largely forgotten about for 10 years. Once RLM started getting some traction, however, they dusted off the film as artifact of RLM history and made a GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion with some updated special effects. To make their opinion on the film as clear as possible, they packaged it with a making-of documentary, ''How Not to Make a Movie: The Making of Gorilla, Interrupted'' and explain why it's so bad. |
| 596 | * Before ''Superman IV'' (covered in the "Multiple Creators" section), Creator/ChristopherReeve had felt so ashamed by ''Film/SupermanIII'' that he swore he'd never play Superman again. It took lots of persuasion to bring Reeve back for ''Superman IV'', which sadly didn't turn out much better. |
| 597 | * Creator/KeanuReeves: |
| 598 | ** He has said that he doesn't like ''Film/TheWatcher'', saying the reason why he did that film was that a friend of his forged a signature on a contract, and he wasn't allowed to bash the movie while promoting it until after its release. |
| 599 | ** He's apologised for his legendarily bad performance in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' - where he was cast just to draw in {{Squee}}ing fan girls. He explains [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent his terrible attempt at an English accent]] as resulting from exhaustion over the films he had previously been working on - "I just didn't have anything left to give." |
| 600 | * Creator/JeremyRenner: |
| 601 | ** He had nothing but disdain about making ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' and found the production such a negative experience that he took a sabbatical from acting for a short time afterwards. People [[http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/renners-unhappy-hansel-gretel-press-tour.html noted]] that he looked miserable while promoting the film. |
| 602 | ** He had a bad time making ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', as he felt he was misled about how much screen time and characterization Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} would be getting. He even joked about offering to be killed off during filming so that he could get out of the movie. |
| 603 | * Creator/RyanReynolds says he didn't have a good time making ''Film/GreenLantern2011'', and ''{{Film/Deadpool|2016}}'' even contains a couple of {{Take That}}s to it. ''Film/Deadpool2'' even contains a post-credits scene where [[spoiler:Deadpool goes back in time to kill Reynolds before he accepts the script for Green Lantern]]. |
| 604 | * Creator/ChristinaRicci has disowned ''Film/ThatDarnCat'', as she was annoyed at having to do children's films. She initially appeared to be ashamed of ''{{Film/Casper}}'' too but in later years described showing it to [[SoMyKidsCanWatch her son so he could see her work]]. She later clarified that she had just wanted to move on from child roles - hence why she starred in ''Film/TheIceStorm'', ''Film/TheOppositeOfSex'' etc. |
| 605 | * ''Film/{{UHF}}'' is a touchy subject for Michael Richards, who played [[EnsembleDarkhorse Stanley the Janitor]]. However, he was a good enough sport to do the commentary on the DVD (though he only did commentary for about half an hour's worth of the film). |
| 606 | * Creator/MollyRingwald has stated that she would very much like to forget the 1988 teen pregnancy film ''Film/ForKeeps'' ever existed, feeling that it glamorized teen pregnancy. She had signed on thinking that it would be the exact opposite (at least according to the original script). |
| 607 | * Jean Rollin, best known as a writer/director of surreal horror films, also directed a string of pornographic films under pseudonyms in the mid-seventies through the eighties. He enjoyed the process of making the films because of the people he worked with [[note]]enough so that he largely cast adult film stars in his horror film ''La Nuit des Traquées'' (The Night of the Hunted)[[/note]], but didn't like the films themselves, with ''Phantasmes'' (aka ''Once Upon A Virgin'') being his only film in the genre that he liked enough to put his own name on. |
| 608 | * Creator/GeorgeARomero is not proud of his second film, ''Film/TheresAlwaysVanilla''. He said at the time he wanted to do something other than horror, he considers it the worst movie he ever made and that his writer didn't know what he was doing. |
| 609 | * Creator/EmmyRossum says that, while she does not regret making it, she did not care for ''Film/DragonballEvolution''. She even said that, while she was filming it, she got drunk and had to watch various TV shows to find something more entertaining than the movie she was making. |
| 610 | * Creator/MickeyRourke: |
| 611 | ** He claimed that the only reason he did ''Film/HarleyDavidsonAndTheMarlboroMan'' was for [[MoneyDearBoy money]]. |
| 612 | ** He admitted that ''Film/PassionPlay'' wasn't a very good film, though he did nevertheless praise Creator/MeganFox's acting. |
| 613 | ** He hated ''Film/APrayerForTheDying'' (as did director Mike Hodges; both have disowned this). |
| 614 | ** He's not fond of his experience working on ''Film/IronMan2''. He even publicly bashed the film while promoting ''Film/{{Immortals}}''. |
| 615 | * Creator/PaulRudd isn't proud of his first film, ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers''. Although he feels the film could have been good if it followed Daniel Farrands' original script, he found the final product to be very poor and allegedly offers a refund to anyone who says they paid to see it. |
| 616 | * Shortly after Babe Ruth signed with the New York Yankees, he was asked to star in a film chronicling his story called ''Headin' Home''. He didn't have fond memories of ''Headin' Home'' due his teammates and coaches making fun of him for showing up to batting practice covered in makeup. His paycheck also bounced after it [[BoxOfficeBomb flopped at the box office]]. |
| 617 | * Creator/KateeSackhoff does not think highly of ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'', her first feature film performance. When she sat down eighteen years later to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAavUHbma2U watch the film]] for the first time, she was embarrassed by her performance, which she felt was a bad [[Film/{{Clueless}} Cher Horowitz]] impression. In particular, she recounted a scene where her character Jen flashes her bra for the camera, which wasn't in the script and which she was not comfortable doing, leading the filmmakers to go behind her back and use a body double for the scene — an experience that led her to include a strict "no nudity" clause in all of her contracts going forward. The only nice thing she said about her performance was that she screamed really well, even noting that she had dubbed over her co-star Creator/BiancaKajlich's screams in some parts. |
| 618 | * Creator/AdamSandler's official website's filmography page [[CanonDiscontinuity doesn't include]] ''Film/GoingOverboard'', and when it airs on pay cable Sandler's name isn't even mentioned in the guide listings for the film. |
| 619 | * Creator/RobSchneider said that he only did movies like ''WesternAnimation/TheReef'' because his friend works on them. He also didn't care for ''Film/DeuceBigalowEuropeanGigolo'', which became a StarDerailingRole for Schneider in part to him engaging in verbal fights with Creator/RogerEbert and fellow critic Patrick Goldstein in defending the film. (He later reconciled with Ebert.) |
| 620 | * Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger: |
| 621 | ** His first movie, ''Hercules Goes Bananas'', [=AKA=] ''Film/HerculesInNewYork'', in which he appeared under the name of "Arnold Strong" and his voice was dubbed over. According to an old interview with Arnie, both were the result of ExecutiveMeddling. The film was so bad its rights were sold on '''eBay'''. |
| 622 | ** Arnold has also mentioned that when his children would misbehave, he used to punish them by making them watch the ''Film/RedSonja'' film (in which he was a main character). |
| 623 | ** As the Governator, he [[https://twitter.com/#!/Schwarzenegger/status/19303039793 threatened]] to force the legislature of California to watch ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' 13 times if they couldn't come up with a budget. |
| 624 | ** Like most celebrities who did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfI0gf9oDc Japanese commercials]] before the internet, he worked hard to ensure that they never reached the West, since pitching products was considered beneath the dignity of A-list stars. Nowadays, the stigma has all but vanished, which is fortunate, because the internet prevents anything from staying a secret. |
| 625 | ** In a weird case of being ashamed of a film he wasn't even directly involved with, he has also made mention that he regrets allowing ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' to use his likeness as a prototype terminator, being thankful he turned down an offer for a direct cameo and claiming "it sucked." |
| 626 | * The main reason Creator/PaulScofield (of ''Film/AManForAllSeasons'' fame) did so few films was his experience with ''Film/TheTrain'' (1964). The film saw director Arthur Penn being fired halfway through shooting (replaced by Creator/JohnFrankenheimer), a TroubledProduction that ran drastically over schedule and budget, and Scofield did not warm to costar Creator/BurtLancaster. Afterwards Scofield stuck mostly to stage work. |
| 627 | * Seann William Scott said a guest appearance on the TV series ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' back in the 90s was this for him, to the point that it's not even on his resume. |
| 628 | * Creator/JasonSegel revealed in interviews that the ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' puppet musical his character is writing in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' is, in fact, based on a ''real'' ''Dracula'' musical which he began writing in his youth, and the song he sings in the karaoke bar is a real song from that musical. He claims to have played a demo tape for Creator/JuddApatow, whose only response was "You can never let anyone hear this tape." [[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102232289 Listen for yourselves.]] |
| 629 | * Creator/DrSeuss strongly disliked ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'', a film based on an idea and script he had conceived. Noting extensive ExecutiveMeddling as well as its poor performance in theaters, he referred to the film as a ''debaculous fiasco''. [[CanonDiscontinuity No mention of it is made in his memoirs]]. |
| 630 | * Creator/MichaelShannon stated (during press interviews for ''Film/ManOfSteel'') that he wished he'd never been in ''Film/KangarooJack'', and found the kangaroo rapping and beatboxing very scary. |
| 631 | * Creator/HarryShearer would rather people not know that he was a 'writer' for the movie ''Film/ClubParadise'' (of which he claims the title was the only thing he wrote that got used in the final product). The pseudonym "Ed Roboto" is used instead of his name in the credits. |
| 632 | * Several years afterwards, Creator/CharlieSheen said that watching his cameo near the end of ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' made him want to punch himself in the mouth. He also called 1987's ''Film/ThreeForTheRoad'' "a piece of shit that I wished didn't exist and that I was terrible in". |
| 633 | * Creator/BrookeShields: |
| 634 | ** She has some regret towards ''Film/TheBlueLagoon'', disliking being seen as a sex symbol at the age of fourteen. The pressure of that was one of the reasons she didn't lose her virginity until she was twenty-two. |
| 635 | ** Averted with the film ''Film/PrettyBaby''. Despite the controversy around it[[note]]She plays a child prostitute whose virginity gets sold and she appears nude briefly - at the age of ''twelve''.[[/note]], she has called it "a beautiful movie" and is proud to have done it. |
| 636 | * Creator/YeardleySmith regrets doing a film called ''Film/GingerAleAfternoon'', describing her character as a "trailer park girl" and is regretful over appearing nude. |
| 637 | * Creator/StevenSoderbergh admitted in an interview for the Blu-ray to ''Film/KingOfTheHill1993'' that he considers ''Film/TheUnderneath'' to be the worst film he's ever directed. |
| 638 | * Creator/StevenSpielberg: |
| 639 | ** He has admitted in interviews that updating ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' for its 20th anniversary back in 2002 was pretty regretful, which includes scenes of the title character in CGI and the policemen's shotguns being replaced with walkie-talkies. This can easily explain why later airings of the film and the 30th anniversary DVD and Blu-Ray release no longer show the scenes with the CGI E.T. and leave the shotguns intact. The reason why he decided to edit the shotguns was because he believed they were too frightening for children, especially since he'd already became a father himself. He regretted making those changes when he noticed they were lampooned in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E9FreeHat Free Hat]]". |
| 640 | ** He also said that he disliked ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' (as listed in the "Multiple Creators" section). |
| 641 | ** He is also ashamed of ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'' to such a degree that in the original trailers for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', it was the only Spielberg movie up to that point that wasn't mentioned. |
| 642 | * In an interview on ''Watch What Happens Live'', Creator/MerylStreep replied that ''Film/StillOfTheNight'' was the one bad movie she made in her career. When the host asked her on what the movie is about, Streep said "never mind."[[spoiler: in the climax, she's a DamselInDistress.]] |
| 643 | ** Despite earning an Oscar nomination, Streep also admits that she didn't feel connected to her performance in ''Literature/TheFrenchLieutenantsWoman''. |
| 644 | * Creator/SylvesterStallone: |
| 645 | ** He starred in at least one softcore porn movie before he became beloved as Franchise/{{Rocky}} called ''Party at Kitty and Stud's''. (You can hardly blame him for it, seeing as he was homeless and broke at the time.) It was re-released after the movie, re-edited and retitled ''The Italian Stallion''. He's so ashamed of it that he was willing to pay $100,000 to even block its release. (He claimed he wouldn't ''buy'' it for even ''two'' dollars.) |
| 646 | ** Reports are that Stallone's management contacted numerous adult video stores and offered ridiculous amounts of money for their copies of the film. |
| 647 | ** Stallone has also commented on ''Film/StopOrMyMomWillShoot'' as follows: "[[Webcomic/HyperboleAndAHalf Maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen]]. A flatworm could write a better script than ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot''. In some countries – China, I believe – running ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot'' once a week on government television has lowered the birth rate to zero." |
| 648 | ** Stallone also deeply regrets ''Film/{{Rhinestone}}'', though he did enjoy working with Music/DollyParton. |
| 649 | ** Same goes for ''Film/EscapeToVictory'': he enjoyed meeting Pelé (yes, [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball that one]]), but would like to erase the film from his memory. |
| 650 | * Creator/JohnStamos stated that ''Film/NeverTooYoungToDie'' was a mistake. [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/never_too_young_to_die_1986.aspx These]] [[http://www.somethingawful.com/movie-reviews/never-too-young/ reviewers]], and most other people who've seen the movie, tend to agree with him. [[Music/{{Kiss}} Gene Simmons]] in lingerie. You have been warned. |
| 651 | * Creator/JonStewart has constantly poked fun that he was involved in ''Film/DeathToSmoochy''. |
| 652 | * Creator/KieferSutherland has stated that he wants to forget that his starring and directing effort ''Film/WomanWanted'' ever existed (The DGA helped him on this one by letting it be one of the last films to be credited to Alan Smithee) |
| 653 | * Mena Suvari stated in a 2001 Teen People interview that ''Film/TheRageCarrie2'' was this for her, where she played the [[spoiler: suicidal best friend]]. |
| 654 | * Creator/QuentinTarantino |
| 655 | ** He doesn't like to acknowledge his directorial debut, a low budget comedy titled ''Film/MyBestFriendsBirthday''. In the publicity for ''Film/KillBill'', that movie was referred to as Tarantino's fourth film, making the disavowal of ''My Best Friend's Birthday'' official. |
| 656 | ** While proud of ''Kill Bill'', he's admitted that he considers forcing Creator/UmaThurman to do a car stunt she wasn't comfortable doing and getting her hurt in the process to be the biggest mistake he's ever made in his life. |
| 657 | * Creator/SharonTate: |
| 658 | ** Despite it being her StarMakingRole, she felt ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' was awful. She only did the film because she knew the buzz around the book it was based on would further her career. |
| 659 | ** She wasn't too fond of the beach party comedy ''Film/DontMakeWaves'' - thanks to the accidental death of a stuntman during filming, and the marketing focusing [[SexSells entirely on her in a bikini]]. She derisively referred to "sexy little me". |
| 660 | * Creator/ChanningTatum: |
| 661 | ** He pokes fun at ''Film/StepUp'', despite it being his StarMakingRole. He responded to a fan asking "how many times is too many to watch ''Step Up''?" with - "as many as it takes to realise how bad my acting is in it". |
| 662 | ** He despises ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. He was a fan of the original cartoon and was forced by contract to play Duke himself, which he didn't want to do. He also felt the script was lousy. |
| 663 | ** He's not fond of ''Film/JupiterAscending'' either. In a Reddit Q&A a fan asked him what it was about. His response? "Good question, I have the same one myself." |
| 664 | * Creator/ElizabethTaylor hated her movie ''Film/Butterfield8'' for several reasons,[[note]]starting with the fact that the film was a ContractualObligationProject to fulfill her contract with MGM, that she played a HighClassCallGirl in it, and that the studio specifically chose said role for her as they (correctly) calculated that Taylor's public image as a "home-wrecker" would make it easy for audiences to associate her with the role, something Taylor was aware of,[[/note]] so much that the first time she saw it she took off her shoes and threw them at the movie screen. Ironically enough, she won an Oscar for it. |
| 665 | * Creator/CharlizeTheron has less than fond memories of starring in ''Film/ReindeerGames'', as she calls it a "bad bad movie" (and considering some of the movies on her CV, that's saying something), but admits that she enjoyed working with its director Creator/JohnFrankenheimer, citing it as the sole reason why she did that film. |
| 666 | * Creator/DavidThewlis: |
| 667 | ** He regarded acting in ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996'' as such a terrible experience (due in part to its TroubledProduction and primadonna antics from Creator/MarlonBrando) that he stated on-record that he never went to the premiere and has never watched the finished product. |
| 668 | ** He stated that he felt this way after working on ''Film/BasicInstinct2''. |
| 669 | * Creator/KristinScottThomas is ashamed of her acting debut, the Music/{{Prince}} movie ''Film/UnderTheCherryMoon'', and [[https://www.numero.com/en/cinema/kristin-scott-thomas-interview-fleabag-prince-impossible-mission-tom-cruise-oscar-four-weddings-and-a-funeral has said]] both her mother and her daughter share the same feeling. |
| 670 | * Eddie Kaye Thomas stated in a 2001 Teen People interview that he considers his role in ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' to be this, even going as far as to call it the worst movie ever. |
| 671 | * After seeing a list of notable roles Website/{{IMDb}} compiled for her on Twitter in the lead-up to ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Creator/TessaThompson sarcastically pointed out that they omitted her "fascinating turn" as the TokenBlackFriend in the 2006 remake of ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls''. |
| 672 | * Creator/GuinevereTurner is ashamed of ''Film/BloodRayne''. She wasn't there on location to re-write the film. Creator/UweBoll decided to have only one draft of the script (and it shows). Guinevere saw the film in the cinema and she hated it. |
| 673 | * Creator/LanaTurner disliked most of her films, especially her early ones, feeling she was only cast in parts that required her to look pretty, and she never felt she was being taken seriously as an actress. ''Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946'' is an exception, with her saying it was the one time she was given the chance to do some "real acting". |
| 674 | * If you ask Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme about his first movie role, he'd likely tell you about Ivan, the villain he played in ''Film/NoRetreatNoSurrender''. He's probably less eager to talk about "Gay Karate Man," the short role he played in 1984's ''Film/MonacoForever''. A video distributor claims Van Damme's "people" made him an offer never to release the film on videocassette. And even though the film has nothing to do with Van Damme's character, the video release [[CoversAlwaysLie features only a picture of Van Damme flexing his bicep]], and the slipcover reads "AndStarring Jean-Claude Van Damme as 'The Homosexual.'" If Van Damme really could [[Film/{{Timecop}} re-enter the past]], perhaps the negative of ''Monaco Forever'' would be his first target. |
| 675 | * Creator/VinceVaughn didn't go out to promote ''Film/FourChristmases'', after it was rumored in gossip columns and blogs that he and co-star Creator/ReeseWitherspoon did not get along throughout filming, plus he had to keep a low profile while the movie was in theaters. |
| 676 | * Creator/MarkWahlberg: |
| 677 | ** He has said in many interviews that he sees his earlier films and his singing career as this. Looking back, he found this era of his life rather shameful. (It even leads to a SelfDeprecation ActorAllusion moment in ''Film/RockStar'' - which mind you, is preceded by the producers trolling Wahlberg by playing Marky Mark on the set, leading to a crewmember's assessment [[https://www.imdb.com/news/ni0070172/ "Mark's expression was hilarious. I think for a moment his whole life flashed before him. He was mortified."]]) |
| 678 | ** He later admits that his work on ''Film/TheHappening'' wasn't even that good as well. |
| 679 | ** Wahlberg also said that ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'' was the worst film he had ever done. |
| 680 | * Creator/DenzelWashington wishes he had never done ''Film/HeartCondition'', claiming that he was talked into making this movie by his agent and once it was slammed by critics and bombed horribly, Washington fired him shortly thereafter. |
| 681 | * Creator/NaomiWatts has outright called some of her pre-''Film/MulhollandDrive'' films (which include the film adaptation of ''Film/TankGirl'' and ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIVTheGathering'', mentioned in the "Multiple Creators" section) "pieces of shit". She also isn't fond of ''Film/{{Diana}}'', [[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a561517/naomi-watts-diana-was-a-sinking-ship.html dubbing the movie "a sinking ship."]] |
| 682 | * Creator/ChrisWeitz has disowned ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'', saying that it was ruined by too much studio interference. |
| 683 | * Creator/RaquelWelch made fun of ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' on a talk show (and on the film's DVDCommentary, ruthlessly ripping into both it and her own acting). |
| 684 | * Tuesday Weld hates ''Film/PrettyPoison,'' a 1968 film that had a very limited release due to some ExecutiveMeddling. The irony, though, is that ''Pretty Poison'' is regarded as an underrated gem and cult classic, and many (modern critics and fans alike) find it to be one of her best performances that [[AwardSnub deserved an Oscar nom.]] |
| 685 | * The same year that Ti West had his BreakthroughHit with the acclaimed indie horror film ''Film/TheHouseOfTheDevil'', he also directed ''Film/CabinFever 2: Spring Fever''... or rather, "directed". He experienced so much ExecutiveMeddling on the set of the film, particularly reshoots and editing done behind his back, that he regards it as the work of Creator/{{Lionsgate}} and the producers, not his own. He even requested to [[AlanSmithee have his name taken off the credits]], but since he wasn't a member of the Directors Guild of America, his request was denied. |
| 686 | * Leigh Whannell hated making ''Film/DeadSilence''. He [[https://collider.com/dead-silence-leigh-whannell-revisited/ blames]] ExecutiveMeddling for watering down his and Creator/JamesWan's intended vision, most notably by completely cutting the villain Mary Shaw's TragicBackstory. Whannell not only disowned the final film, but vowed to never let a studio interfere with his writing again, and has only written spec scripts (i.e. completed ones) since. He later reused some of the scrapped elements of his original ''Dead Silence'' script for ''Film/TheInvisibleMan2020'', such as the plot points of [[spoiler:domestic abuse and pregnancy]] that were part of Mary's original motivation. |
| 687 | * Creator/JossWhedon: |
| 688 | ** The unaired ''Buffy'' pilot. Also, the film. |
| 689 | --->'''IGNFF:''' Is the presentation ever going to make it to DVD?\ |
| 690 | '''Whedon:''' Not while there is strength in these bones.\ |
| 691 | '''IGNFF:''' Well, I mean, it's one of the most heavily bootlegged things on the Internet.\ |
| 692 | '''Whedon:''' Yeah. It sucks on ass.\ |
| 693 | '''IGNFF:''' Yeah, it does, but it's sort of that archival, historical perspective...\ |
| 694 | '''Whedon:''' Yeah, [[IWillShowYouX I've got your historical perspective]]. |
| 695 | ** ''Film/AlienResurrection'', which was supposedly [[PoesLaw written as a parody]]. Needless the say, the irony blew up in his face -- and not for the last time, either. "[[Film/XMen1 The same thing that happens to everything else]]", indeed. |
| 696 | ** He has mixed feelings on ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', particularly due to the ExecutiveMeddling from the studio. However, he says that the claims that he outright dislikes the movie are exaggerated. |
| 697 | * Bert Wheeler of the 1930s comedy team [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_%26_Woolsey Wheeler & Woolsey]] didn't seem to care much for any of his films. He apparently even fell asleep during a screening of ''Film/HighFlyers''. |
| 698 | * Creator/GeneWilder wrote in his autobiography that he did not enjoy the process of working on ''Film/EverythingYouAlwaysWantedToKnowAboutSexButWereTooAfraidToAsk''. Specifically, he did not enjoy working with Creator/WoodyAllen, even though he was originally excited by the prospect of doing so. He claimed that Allen barely spoke to him on set and compared his humor unfavorably with that of his close friend Creator/MelBrooks. |
| 699 | * Creator/MichelleWilliams has disowned ''Film/{{Species}}'' (her second film), due to the torment that she got from people at her school over playing a character that becomes a giant cocoon. She also hates her first film, ''Film/{{Timemaster}}'' (even calling it ''Timewaster'' on set, which other cast members also took to calling it). |
| 700 | * Creator/RobinWilliams: |
| 701 | ** His first movie was an extremely un-PC 1977 sketch comedy film called ''Film/CanIDoItTillINeedGlasses''. Notably, his scenes were cut out before the film's first release; but just before ''Popeye'' (which he also disliked) came out, they were restored, it was re-released, and he was promoted as the star despite only having two scenes. He reportedly sued for wrongfully using his name and image, and subsequent video releases had him cut out again. It is now available on DVD uncut. |
| 702 | ** During his appearance on the Harmontown podcast, he and the hosts have a good laugh at the expense of ''Film/PatchAdams'', with Williams stating that it is used to depress hyperactive children, as well as riffing on the idea of a cut Kubrickian nightmare sequence involving a [[ItMakesSenseInContext POV shot of a child's face with a red clown's nose in the bottom of the frame]]; this was based on Robin's story of an unnamed director legitimately considering whether Robin's nose should appear in a POV shot. "It'd be like having your own balls in a porn shot - why? He was just so fuckin' out there." |
| 703 | * Creator/BruceWillis apologized for doing ''Film/StrikingDistance'' while on a talk show, saying that it "sucked". |
| 704 | * Creator/MaraWilson: |
| 705 | ** She disliked how Susan was rewritten during the filming of the ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet'' remake. She was conceived as a more interesting and intelligent child, but the director kept dropping these traits to emphasize her cuteness. A lot of critics had a SweetnessAversion to the character, which Mara herself agrees with. |
| 706 | ** She regrets her experiences on ''Film/ASimpleWish'', mostly because she was still dealing with her mother's death, and reflects badly on her behaviour. |
| 707 | ** Subverted with ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''. It was mistakenly reported that she was ashamed of it, but she later clarified that she had a stressful experience developing breasts during the shoot, and having to match continuity. In her autobiography, she says she loved working with Britt Allcroft, and that the film was fun to make. |
| 708 | * Kurt Wimmer disowned ''Film/Ultraviolet2006'' after Screen Gems recut the film behind his back. While he continued working as a screenwriter, he wouldn't direct another film for fourteen years. |
| 709 | * Jim Wynorski, no stranger to directing exploitation films, says that the 1996 ''Film/{{Vampirella}}'' is the only movie he regrets making due to it being an AshcanCopy that was only made because Creator/RogerCorman's company was close to losing the rights to the character, casting decisions he disagreed with (he would have preferred Julie Strain as Vampirella instead of Creator/TalisaSoto) and the TroubledProduction that included wage strikes, on-set theft, crew members being too tired to work because they went out gambling the night before, and constant heat due to filming in the middle of summer in Las Vegas. |
| 710 | * [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker David Zucker]] had this to say about ''Film/ScaryMovie5'': |
| 711 | --> "I produced ''Scary Movie 5'', [and] that was so watered-down that [it] contributed to ruining the genre, as did all the Friedberg and Seltzer movies [such as ''Date Movie'', ''Epic Movie'', and ''Meet the Spartans'']. [Parody] has come on hard times. They're not being done well. ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''4'' did well, they made tons of money, they were huge hits. But by ''Scary Movie 5'', it just got watered-down, we had to do what the studio required. It's why I didn't want to direct it anymore." |
| 712 | * Creator/JamesGarner wrote in his memoirs that ''Film/AManCalledSledge'' was "one of the few times I've played a heavy and one of the last. I wish I could remember why I let Dino de Laurentiis talk me into this turkey. The poster says "Not suitable for children." It should say "not suitable for consumption." |
| 713 | * This is why Creator/SarahPolley walked away from Hollywood and acting in general in order to become a writer and director in her native Canada, though it was less the quality of her films and more her bad experiences making them. |
| 714 | ** In [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/opinion/sunday/harvey-weinstein-sarah-polley.html an op-ed]] she wrote for ''The New York Times'' in 2017 after producer Harvey Weinstein was exposed as a sexual predator, she described her experience promoting the 1998 Creator/{{Miramax|Films}} romantic drama ''Guinevere'' that involved her being [[SexSells sexed up for a photoshoot]] even though her character in the film was anything ''but'' a MsFanservice, and how Weinstein pulled her aside to make his now-infamous CastingCouch offer to her. She said that this experience was the moment when she realized that acting in Hollywood wasn't worth it as a profession. |
| 715 | ** As a director, she found that she was able to clamp down on the amount of sexism that flowed on the sets of her films, which made her even more disillusioned with acting when she tried to go back to it only to once more encounter all the sexist abuse that she did before. TheLastStraw was when a producer on an unnamed film (implied to be ''Film/{{Splice}}'') brushed off her concerns about [[spoiler:shooting a rape scene because twelve-year-old Creator/DakotaFanning had shot a rape scene in ''Film/{{Hounddog}}'' and wasn't affected by it]]. |
| 716 | * Creator/GiovanniLombardoRadice made no secret of the fact that he ''hated'' working on ''Film/CannibalFerox'' and wanted absolutely nothing to do with it afterwards. For that matter he was not fond of most of his movies and admitted he was not a horror movie fan. |
| 717 | * ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': |
| 718 | ** Creator/RobertEnglund admitted that, when making ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'', there were times when he read the script and felt it wasn't going to work. He stated he liked the beginning and end of the film, but thinks the middle section is flawed. He also admitted ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' jumped the shark. |
| 719 | ** Robert Shaye has stated that he thought ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild The Dream Child]]'' was a "lousy" movie. |
| 720 | ** Creator/RooneyMara, Creator/ThomasDekker, and the original screenwriter Eric Heisserer (who stated most of his script was changed during filming) all do not speak well of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010''. Mara in particular hated the experience and the movie so much that she seriously considered quitting acting. Creator/RobertEnglund, despite being a vocal supporter of the movie during production (and perhaps one of the very few people from the original ''Elm Street'' movie/series to stay supportive), also had several big issues with the film. |
| 721 | * ''Film/BASEketball'' is this for both Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone who regretted being in the movie. Years later they even had SelfDeprecation joke on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' about getting a refund for seeing the movie. Creator/ErnestBorgnine also called it the worst film he ever did, which is saying something considering some of the movies he has done. |
| 722 | * Creator/HaydenPanettiere [[https://twitter.com/hotburrito9/status/1641801787316350977?s=20 is not keen to do more krumping]] as seen in ''[[Film/BringItOn Bring It On: All Or Nothing]]''. |
| 723 | * Christina Lindberg, star of ''Film/ThrillerACruelPicture'', does ''not'' look back fondly on said film or any of the various sexploitation flicks and nude photoshoots she did around that time, saying that she was uncomfortable with the amount of sex and nudity involved and [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney only took such roles to pay for her education]]. |
| 724 | * Creator/BetteDavis, the leading actress of ''Film/InThisOurLife'', later referred to it as "one of the worst films made in the history of the world." |
| 725 | * On the DVDCommentary for ''Film/DoctorInClover'', Shirley Anne Field doesn't hide her disappointment that Élisabeth Ercy was cast as Jeannine rather than a British actress such as herself and that Nicky Henson's haircut doesn't suit the boutique assistant he plays. |
| 726 | * ''Film/{{Norbit}}'': Creator/ThandiweNewton said that she was interested in the project because the original script was much darker, with more emphasis on Rasputia abusing Norbit, and that the humor was twisted. However, because of the script changes, Newton described the finished film as a "Rankin-Bass commercial". She also admitted that because of the nature of the characters played by Murphy, she interacted more with his stand-ins than with Murphy himself. |
| 727 | * In a behind-the-scenes feature included on the DVD of ''Film/TheBloodOnSatansClaw'', Creator/LindaHayden stated that ''Film/{{Expose}}'' was the only film she regretted appearing in, saying it was not the film she had made originally. |
| 728 | * In the leadup to ''Film/MadameWeb2024'''s release, Creator/DakotaJohnson said in interviews that acting against a blue screen left her with an uneasy feeling about the movie's quality, but that she ultimately trusted Creator/SJClarkson as a director. After the movie came out, [[https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/dakota-johnson-teatime-book-club she became a lot more candid]], stating that she wasn't surprised that the film got "ripped to shreds" and that she "will probably never do anything like it again", feeling the film was full of [[ExecutiveMeddling "decisions made by committee"]]. |
| 729 | * Writer Norman Hudis looked down on ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'' compared to his earlier work, ''Film/CarryOnNurse'', as it had flopped due to tuberculosis still being a vicious killer in the UK at the time of release. |
| 730 | * ''Film/CarryOnSeries'': |
| 731 | ** Creator/JulianHolloway later admitted he wasn't remotely proud of his involvement with any of the ''Carry On'' films, barring ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber''. |
| 732 | ** ''Film/CarryOnGirls'': Robert Ross reveals on the DVDCommentary that Creator/JimmyLogan later admitted he thought Cecil Gaybody was the most embarrassing role he had ever played and was really ashamed of it. |
| 733 | ** ''Film/CarryOnDick'': Creator/KennethWilliams wrote in his diary that everyone (with the exception of Creator/JackDouglas) was so weary during the making of the film. After watching it himself, he wrote: |
| 734 | --->The script is utterly banal. It is incredible that human minds can put such muck on to paper. |
| 735 | * Creator/AnnaKaren didn't care for ''Film/MutinyOnTheBuses'' and has stated it was her least favourite of the three ''Series/OnTheBuses'' films. |
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