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Post by ck100 on Jul 17, 2024 16:36:22 GMT
This is the opposite of my thread about actors who have a favorite performance of their own because they felt they did good acting. Now we're going to look at actors who disliked their own acting for a certain movie/role. George Clooney for "Batman & Robin": "I wasn't good in it, it wasn't a good film," he said at the time, adding: "What I learned from that failure was that I had to relearn how I was working. Now, I wasn't just an actor getting a role, I was being held responsible for the film itself."
people.com/movies/george-clooney-reflects-on-his-stint-as-batman-i-f-ed-it-up-so-bad/
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Post by alexhurricanehiggins on Jul 17, 2024 19:46:18 GMT
Jack Nicholson hated his performance in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 17, 2024 22:19:03 GMT
I remember Kerr Smith describing his performance in the first Final Destination as "dogshit'.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 18, 2024 14:35:00 GMT
I'm not sure about performances, yet Gene Hackman's time with The Royal Tenenbaums & Burt Reynolds' time with Boogie Nights suggest they probably never even watched their film. I suppose they think they performed well, as ppl love those performances, but unsure.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 18, 2024 14:43:13 GMT
Roddy Piper didn't like a scene in They Live and Carpenter said he never knew an actor happy with their performances. Some actors have no problem watching themselves in a movie (Peter Cushing, Vincent Price) but others loath to watch themselves (Christopher Lee, Elke Sommer).
One interesting case--Robert Armstrong despised his last line in King Kong and he pleaded that he not have to say it-and he hated it when people asked him to repeat it.
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Post by ck100 on Aug 28, 2024 23:50:37 GMT
Michael Keaton Says He ‘Sucked’ in ‘Dumbo’ and It’s the ‘One Movie’ Where He Let Tim Burton Down: ‘It Bugs Me to This Day. I Was Clueless’www.yahoo.com/entertainment/michael-keaton-says-sucked-dumbo-213912361.html"Michael Keaton recently shared to The New York Times a bit of regret over his performance in Tim Burton’s 2019 live-action “Dumbo” film. The Oscar nominee played a greedy amusement park owner in the film opposite a cast that included Colin Farrell, Eva Green and Danny DeVito. “Dumbo” earned mixed reviews from critics and was seen as a financial disappointment for Disney with just over $350 million at the worldwide box office. “I love working with Tim so much, but I don’t think we ever really analyzed why we work pretty well together; we just do,” Keaton told The Times. “I think I let him down on one movie, but that’s just me, and it bugs me to this day. I was clueless on ‘Dumbo.’ I sucked in ‘Dumbo.'” Burton joined Keaton in The Times interview and butted in to say: “I don’t even know what you’re talking about, but whatever.” Critics were divided over Keaton’s villainous turn in the movie. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review that “Keaton’s performance as the dastardly Vandevere is disappointingly thin; he’s a bad guy with a sandpaper voice but no layers.” Keaton’s disappointment in “Dumbo” mirrors that of Burton, who has been quite honest in the years since the film’s 2019 theatrical release about how making a Disney tentpole of that size was not the most enjoyable experience. In a recent interview with Variety, Burton said he contemplated ending his directing career after the film. “Honestly, after ‘Dumbo,’ I really didn’t know,” Burton said. “I thought that could have been it, really. I could have retired, or become… well, I wouldn’t have become an animator again, that’s over.” Burton credited the upcoming “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” for “reenergizing” his interest in filmmaking, adding: “Oftentimes, when you get into Hollywood, you try to be responsible to what you’re doing with the budget and everything else but sometimes you might lose yourself a little bit. This reinforced the feeling for me that it’s important that I do what I want to do, because then everybody will benefit.” Speaking at the 2019 at the Lumière Festival, Burton said, “The thing about ‘Dumbo’ is that’s why I think my days with Disney are done. I realized that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus and I needed to escape. That movie is quite autobiographical at a certain level.” Keaton and Burton have been longtime friends and collaborators having worked together on “Beetlejuice,” “Batman,” “Batman Forever,” “Dumbo” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The latter is opening in theaters Sept. 6 from Warner Bros."
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 29, 2024 0:06:18 GMT
Michael Keaton Says He ‘Sucked’ in ‘Dumbo’ and It’s the ‘One Movie’ Where He Let Tim Burton Down: ‘It Bugs Me to This Day. I Was Clueless’ I agree with Michael Keaton's opinion of his performance in Dumbo. Keaton is one of my favorite actors, but I was very disappointed with his performance in that movie.
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Post by alexhurricanehiggins on Aug 29, 2024 0:10:46 GMT
At one point Nicolas Cage hated his performance in Birdy, however I believe he came around to liking it.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 29, 2024 0:42:53 GMT
Michael Keaton Says He ‘Sucked’ in ‘Dumbo’ and It’s the ‘One Movie’ Where He Let Tim Burton Down: ‘It Bugs Me to This Day. I Was Clueless’ I agree with Michael Keaton's opinion of his performance in Dumbo. Keaton is one of my favorite actors, but I was very disappointed with his performance in that movie. Interesting, I thought he was the best part of the movie and feel like that's the general consensus. Hopefully Thandie Newton's nepo baby hates her performance in that because she was awful.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 29, 2024 0:49:35 GMT
I agree with Michael Keaton's opinion of his performance in Dumbo. Keaton is one of my favorite actors, but I was very disappointed with his performance in that movie. Interesting, I thought he was the best part of the movie and feel like that's the general consensus. Hopefully Thandie Newton's nepo baby hates her performance in that because she was awful. For me Colin Farrell was the best part of the movie. And the production design and costumes. I didn't like either of the child characters.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 29, 2024 19:12:00 GMT
Keaton and Burton have been longtime friends and collaborators having worked together on “Beetlejuice,” “Batman,” “ Batman Forever,” “Dumbo” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The latter is opening in theaters Sept. 6 from Warner Bros." Did I miss that version?
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 29, 2024 21:53:05 GMT
Cary Grant thought that his performance in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE was too over the top.
But audiences disagreed.
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Post by movielover on Aug 29, 2024 22:11:38 GMT
Montgomery Clift was so unhappy with his performance in The Heiress (1949), he walked out of the premiere.
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Post by jcush on Aug 29, 2024 22:27:25 GMT
Cary Grant thought that his performance in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE was too over the top. But audiences disagreed.Yeah, it's probably my favorite Cary Grant performance. His over the top reaction to all the insanity going on around his character is perfect for the film and a big part of why it's so funny.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 29, 2024 22:39:55 GMT
Cary Grant thought that his performance in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE was too over the top. But audiences disagreed.Yeah, it's probably my favorite Cary Grant performance. His over the top reaction to all the insanity going on around his character is perfect for the film and a big part of why it's so funny. I didn't like Grant until seeing this performance.
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Post by jcush on Aug 29, 2024 22:57:00 GMT
Yeah, it's probably my favorite Cary Grant performance. His over the top reaction to all the insanity going on around his character is perfect for the film and a big part of why it's so funny. I didn't like Grant until seeing this performance. He's one of my favorite actors haha
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