Casts who hated the shows/movies they were in

[Prowler]

While we all have those shows we love, it's possible the main cast doesn't feel the same way. It's actually a lot of work and sometimes their working conditions might not be the best ones.

There's cases of bad or not so great movies that were a miserable experience for everyone involved such as the Super Mario Bros. and Dead or Alive live action movie adaptations, but what about more popular and more well loved shows?

I remember being surprised when I learned that the ALF cast HATED working on the show. Apparently it was hell. They hated playing second fiddle to a puppet who got all of the best lines and sometimes would have to work 20 hours long days. Max Wright in particular, the guy who played Willie Tanner, even got into a drug habit after the show was done. And the girl who played the Tanner's daughter got bulimia when working on the show. It was a bit of a shock to me that find out that one of my favourite shows from my childhood had such a depressing behind the scenes.

What other notorious cases are there of shows and movies that the actors hated working on?

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Cool World. Brad Pitt had two words when asked what he thought about working in front of a blue (green) screen- "Never again.". He hated doing that movie, even though it was his first starring role, and helped get his career going.

[Utrommaniac]

Apparently Alec Guinness abhorred being in the original Star Wars, and especially hated that it was what he was known for mainstream. Considered it "fairy tale rubbish".

And there was this from his autobiography
A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned. Twenty years ago, when the film was first shown, it had a freshness, also a sense of moral good and fun. Then I began to be uneasy at the influence it might be having. The bad penny first dropped in San Francisco when a sweet-faced boy of twelve told me proudly he had seen Star Wars over a hundred times. His elegant mother nodded with approval. Looking into the boys eyes I thought I detected little star-shells of madness beginning to form and I guess that one day they would explode. [Emphasis mine]

'I would love for you to do something for me,' I said.

"Anything! Anything!' the boy said rapturously.

'You won't like what I'm going to ask you to do.' I said.

'Anything, sir, anything!'

'Well,' I said, 'do you think you could promise never to see Star Wars again?'

He bursts into tears. His mother drew herself up to an immense height. 'What a dreadful thing to say to a child!' she barked, and dragged the poor kid away. Maybe she was right but I just hope the lad, now in his thirties, is not living in a fantasy world of secondhand, childish banalities.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Wasn't the actor of Mario in the Live Action film becoming routinely drunk on set, just to make the experience less painful?

Also, Christopher Reeve regretted playing his part in Superman 4, calling it a disaster all over.
I don't blame the guy, seeing how the movie is absolutely horrendous (but in a way where I get a kick out of it).

[Krutch]

In my experience, 4/5 actors all hate the show they're on, even if they aren't public about it :lol: There's the saying "the worst thing you can do to an actor is give them a job." and, sadly, that's been pretty accurate in my experience. They'll bend over backwards to get the part but once they get it, all they do is complain about all the opportunities they're missing out on.

Not all, of course. Plenty of exceptions to the rule.

[Prowler]

In my experience, 4/5 actors all hate the show they're on, even if they aren't public about it :lol: There's the saying "the worst thing you can do to an actor is give them a job." and, sadly, that's been pretty accurate in my experience. They'll bend over backwards to get the part but once they get it, all they do is complain about all the opportunities they're missing out on.

Not all, of course. Plenty of exceptions to the rule.

Well I guess acting is a tough job to do. Having to shoot a lot of different takes of the same scene must be tiresome.

[ZariusTwo]

Christopher Eccleston of Doctor Who fame had such a bad experiance that it soured him on ever appearing on the programme again, not even for the 50th anniversary, so they turned instead to John Hurt as a replacement for him in the special and added in a surprise new incarnation of the character

[Hamato Yoshi]

I dont get the impression Marcia Cross disliked working on MP or DH

Adam West loved doing Batman , at least until s3

Superman III wasnt exatly great either

The mom from F13 held her nose but she needed money for a new car

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Chris Lee : "I wont do another Dracula"

Movie producers : "But the crew depend on you for salaries , weve already made a distribution deal with the americans"

Lee : "Sigh , all right then"

(The last two he was just shoe horned into the script so cant blame him for being a bit bitter about it)

Then you have Connery who felt he shouldve gotten bigger piece of the Bond pie , also YOLT and DAFa scripts werw not as good as the previous four films

[Andrew NDB]

In my experience, 4/5 actors all hate the show they're on, even if they aren't public about it :lol: There's the saying "the worst thing you can do to an actor is give them a job." and, sadly, that's been pretty accurate in my experience. They'll bend over backwards to get the part but once they get it, all they do is complain about all the opportunities they're missing out on.

Not all, of course. Plenty of exceptions to the rule.

I can speak to this. Enthusiastic auditions followed by attempts to hijack the movie by the 5th shooting day.

[Wesley]

The main cast on Ghost Ship weren’t pleased when the script they signed up for was changed.

A lot of cast members on Earth: Final Conflict wanted off the show.

[MikeandRaph87]

Robert Reed hated his role as Mike Brady. Constantly at odds with show runner and creator Sherwood Swartz he stormed off set. Robert preferred his Mannix reoccuring role that was simultaneous with his run on The Brady Bunch. Eventually though he embraced the role of America's TV Dad albeit reluctantly.

Tina Louis, arrogant and like Reed called out the absurdity of some of the situations. She unlike Reed did not reprise her role that made her a household name. She did however did a reunion special in the late 80s' for children's hospital charity for TBS before part of the cast passed away and even skipped out on the retrospective documentary Surviving Gilligan's Island.

[Prowler]

Tbh, acting does seem like a tough job. If you're a huge star then I guess not, but most actors out there obviously aren't huge stars. Plus, a lot of them star or play rather important roles in popular enough tv series and movies... and then their career doesn't really take off afterwards. So it doesn't seem like a very stable career overall.

Hell, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards were, by far, the two stars of Seinfeld. Everyone remembers George and Kramer after all these years. And they never got exactly big roles again after being done with Seinfeld. They pretty much got associated with their respective characters for the rest of their lives. Julia Dreyfus was able to have a more successful actign career after Seinfeld because her character was less iconic and not as strong as the characters played by the two guys above. I bet if someone saw Jason Alexander, Michael Richards and Julia walking down the street they'd yell something like "hey, look, there's George Costanza, Kramer and... I think that chick who played Elaine in Seinfeld??"

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I'm sure this doesn't qualify as "hating the movie they were in", but its fascinating to read about how Marlon Brando behaved on set.

He was usually extremely stubborn, demanding that he be allowed to make up his own lines, had to be dragged out of coffee shops and takeouts when it was time for filming, and demanded huge amounts of money for even small roles.

[Prowler]

I'm sure this doesn't qualify as "hating the movie they were in", but its fascinating to read about how Marlon Brando behaved on set.

He was usually extremely stubborn, demanding that he be allowed to make up his own lines, had to be dragged out of coffee shops and takeouts when it was time for filming, and demanded huge amounts of money for even small roles.

I guess he had a massive ego considering he was a huge star in his prime.

[ZariusTwo]

He thought Jor-El, Superman's father, should be a bagel.

I want this to be canon one day. Comics, movies, tv, one of those mediums.

[Prowler]

He thought Jor-El, Superman's father, should be a bagel.

I want this to be canon one day. Comics, movies, tv, one of those mediums.

Wait, what? :lol::lol::lol:

[ZariusTwo]

Wait, what? :lol::lol::lol:

Marlon was being a method troll and trying to justify a means of not actually turning up on set to play Jor-El, he argued that nobody knows what Kryptonians really look like and he could just well be a bagel. They had to show him a Superman comic book to give him a visual frame of reference for Jor-El's appearance.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Marlon was being a method troll and trying to justify a means of not actually turning up on set to play Jor-El, he argued that nobody knows what Kryptonians really look like and he could just well be a bagel. They had to show him a Superman comic book to give him a visual frame of reference for Jor-El's appearance.

Didn't he also demand that his lines be written on a piece of paper and taped to the baby Kal El's buttocks?

[ZariusTwo]

Didn't he also demand that his lines be written on a piece of paper and taped to the baby Kal El's buttocks?

He also wanted to sound electronic.

[Skinrash]

Tommy Lee Jones hated working with Jim Carrey on Batman Forever. Thought he was buffoon and his behavior really grated on Jones.

Voicing Stimpy on Ren and Stimpy wasn't always fun to Billy West. John Kricfalusi was a perfectionist who made West do the same lines over and over again for seemingly forever until he got a take he liked. Not surprising West declined to return for R&S's comeback in 2003.

Bob Hoskins had to concentrate really hard to imagine the toons in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and it eventually lead to him hallucinating and unable to work for a year.

[Hamato Yoshi]

Bruce Lee had beef with director Wei (who btw had mob ties , he even scared the crap out of Jackie once)

Dreyfuss vs Murray
Chase (claims hes the only reason SNL took off , glory hog)

[DarkFell]

I read from some article that late - Star Wars actor William Hootkins, absolutely hated the role of the one character that he was often remembered the most as.

Jek Tono Porkins.

Hootkins made mention that A LOT OF PEOPLE wanted a Porkins autograph from him whenever he got invited to a comic convention.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Probably not the right thing, but Harrison Ford hated working on Blade Runner, and refused to talk about it in Interviews for years after the movie came out

Also, Mark Hamill clearly hated everything about The Last Jedi, and would never hesitate to slag it off in interviews

[Hamato Yoshi]

Burghoff vs MASH cast

Hatcher vs Desperate Housewives cast (Teri became a bit pompous after Superman)

Principal vs Dallas cast (Vickie werent in the same click as Larry , Patrick & Linda......but i believe they got along on the set. Supposedly Larry was a jerk to Donna Reed as he wanted his own mother to play ms Ellie)

Roger Moore vs Grace Jones (she annoyed him , also she was a night owl and they werent always sure shed show up on the Bond set on time)

[Sage Ninja]

Jaleel white from Family Matters I think really hates that he is known as Steve Urkel? I saw him in a few TV shows after Family Matters but I do not think he really got from under that role.Though I know he had a brief stint as the voice of Sonic the hedgehog.

[MikeandRaph87]

Jaleel white from Family Matters I think really hates that he is known as Steve Urkel? I saw him in a few TV shows after Family Matters but I do not think he really got from under that role.Though I know he had a brief stint as the voice of Sonic the hedgehog.

I got that impression too, but it could be heresay or one of the cases where an actor is able to appreciate it in hindsight. It was Marie Joe Payton who played the matriarch and who is the reason for Family Matters, as she appeared in Perfect Strangers first, that left the show with just a few episodes left tired of the focus on Steve Urkel, I mean it had been that way since what 1991 and she waits until she knew the show was ending to walk off the set?

[Hamato Yoshi]

I believe the grandpa on The Munsters even denied hed been on that show :roll:

[MikeandRaph87]

I believe the grandpa on The Munsters even denied hed been on that show :roll:

He did reprise the character along other 1960s classic characters in a series of McDonalds ads in 1989. Maybe he came around later and appreciated it in hindsight?