Every once in a while I go off about how much I HATE it when actors try to take control of a movie set and usurp the director or producers. ACTORS!!! Here is some more great fodder for that steaming bitterness. Apparently, the late Stanley Kubrick told a friend of his that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were wrecking his movie “Eyes Wide Shut”. The good folks over at Cinemafusion give us this:
KUBRICK’S FRIEND, ACTOR R. LEE ERMEY – “Stanley called me about two weeks before he died, as a matter of fact. We had a long conversation about Eyes Wide Shut. He told me it was a piece of shit and that he was disgusted with it and that the critics were going to have him for lunch. He said Cruise and Kidman had their way with him – exactly the words he used. He was kind of a shy little timid guy. He wasn’t real forceful. That’s why he didn’t appreciate working with big, high-powered actors. They would have their way with him, he would lose control, and his movie would turn to shit.”
Gaaa!!! I’m just running out of things to say about this sort of stuff. I’m sure the Tom Cruise Scientology Swat Team is heading over to Ermey’s house right now to “discuss” the situation with him. Will someone in Hollywood PLEASE send a message to the actors union telling them to SHUT UP AND JUST BLODDY ACT! They can call the shots when they move behind the directors chair, but until then (to quote the immortal Rock from hiss wrestling days) KNOW YOUR ROLE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
Ok, breathing easy again. Back to our normal programming.
