{"id":2097709,"date":"2025-10-17T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2097709"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:43:50","slug":"10-directors-that-actors-absolutely-hated-working-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/10-directors-that-actors-absolutely-hated-working-with\/","title":{"rendered":"10 directors that actors absolutely hated working with"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-hemltqkhh\" name=\"update-hemltqkhh\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Wes Anderson \/ Jeffrey Wright<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/Wes-Anderson-Director-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"Wes Anderson - Director\"\/><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever seen a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/wes-anderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wes Anderson<\/a>\u00a0movie, you will know that one undercurrent carries his filmography \u2013 a meticulous attention to detail. Whether it be his extensively researched colour palettes or his preference for symmetrical framing, Anderson\u2019s iron grip on the visual aspects of his movies means he\u2019s a particularly difficult taskmaster when in the director\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an always impressive roster of actors joining his wide-ranging projects, in recent times, Anderson has admitted that many actors turn him down, \u201csome do say no to me,\u201d he told<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/06\/23\/asteroid-city-director-wes-anderson-admits-actors-reject-his-movies-18998525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Metro<\/a>. One reason might be the notoriously low salary he offers actors or, indeed, his desire for them all to eat dinner together in character after each day\u2019s shooting, as he did on Asteroid City. But, in reality, it is Anderson\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/10-modern-kubrickian-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kubrickian attention<\/a> to the smallest details that makes him a tough customer for actors on set. <\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Wright noted, \u201cWe did an insert for this film in which my hand touches the gun holster, flips up the flap and grips the weapon. That took about 60 takes and four hours\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behind the scenes of Wes Anderson\u2019s Rushmore\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12BEysO2Np8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-uc5t28uv6\" name=\"update-uc5t28uv6\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Paul Thomas Anderson \/ Burt Reynolds<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/06\/Paul-Thomas-Anderson-Director-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Thomas Anderson - Director\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t crazy about being (directed) by a guy who\u2019s younger than some sandwiches I\u2019ve had,\u201d was the response of Burt Reynolds when discussing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/why-burt-reynolds-hated-being-in-boogie-nights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his work with Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of Boogie Nights<\/a>. The director may be regarded as one of the best in the business, but he\u2019s achieved such acclaim with a tough stance on how he wants his movies to be created.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/paul-thomas-anderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a>\u00a0has also been known to create chaos on set in the hope of capturing human imperfections that make his movies so brilliant. From swapping gas canisters in\u00a0Licorice Pizza\u00a0or completely reshooting a scene in\u00a0Inherent Vice\u00a0after previously noting his love for the original. It\u2019s a confusing stance on conducting a movie, but it provides exquisite results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Thomas Anderson on the Tension with Burt Reynolds on the Set of Boogie Nights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6H7uDR5JhPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-2e86pap9s\" name=\"update-2e86pap9s\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>David Fincher \/ R Lee Emery<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/12\/David-Lynch-Director-2000s-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"David Fincher - Director - 2000s\"\/><\/div>\n<p>There are many accounts of<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/five-actors-hated-working-david-fincher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0actors hating the process of working with David Fincher.<\/a>\u00a0The director is notorious for having a tight grip on the scripts at hand, as R Lee Emery noted: \u201cHe\u2019s afraid to take chances. He\u2019s afraid to let anybody change one word in the script\u2026He wants puppets. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want actors that are creative. If you\u2019re not worth a shit at acting and you\u2019re not creative, then I would recommend that you go work with David Fincher, because he won\u2019t let you act, even if you are a fucking good actor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Fight Club,\u00a0David Fincher also\u00a0frequently clashed with his leading man, Edward Norton, and in\u00a0Zodiac,\u00a0he had a conflict with both Robert Downey Jr and Jake Gyllenhaal, leaving the latter in tears after seeing hours of footage deleted in an instance of Fincher\u2019s exclusive control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Fincher funny story about the Janitor - Se7en Commentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5FwyhGlTpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-ko49rp25e\" name=\"update-ko49rp25e\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Werner Herzog \/ Christian Bale<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Werner-Herzog-Director-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"Werner Herzog attends the premiere of the movie &quot;Les Plus Belles Annees D'Une Vie&quot; during the 72nd Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2019\"\/><\/div>\n<p>While many of the directors on this list have a nasty habit of controlling every facet of a movie\u2019s production, part of the problem of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/werner-herzog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Werner Herzog<\/a> is creating perilous productions in the first place, perhaps typified when he had a 320-tonne ship carried over a mountain. This stressful set-up exudes through the production of the project, too.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Bale is one actor who suffered at the hands of Herzog, who had the actor dragged behind a buffalo, eat live maggots and even suffer torture devices. That\u2019s without considering the constant confrontations\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/the-horrendous-feud-between-werner-herzog-and-klaus-kinski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he had with leading man Klaus Kinski.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just trying to push my buttons and see how I reacted,\u201d Bale said of his time with Herzog. \u201cHe just wanted to see if I flinched, basically. He does that a lot with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Klaus Kinski - Fitzcarraldo fight (with English subtitles!)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MPKODzv1PD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-2p8xh3h7l\" name=\"update-2p8xh3h7l\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Alfred Hitchcock \/ Tippi Hedren<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/11\/Alfred-Hitchcock-Director-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"Alfred Hitchcock - Director\"\/><\/div>\n<p>He\u2019s regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, but\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/alfred-hitchcock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alfred Hitchcock<\/a>\u00a0was also a serial prankster. Gerald du Maurier suffered a joke at his expense when Hitchcock had a horse delivered to his trailer without warning, while he had two tonnes of coal sent to a cameraman who boasted about his new all-electric kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchcock had a far darker side, too. Actor Tippi Hedren asserted that Hitchcock engaged in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/alfred-hitchcock-stalking-tippi-hedren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sexual misconduct towards her<\/a>\u00a0and other actors during the filming of\u00a0The Birds. The issue extends beyond just instances of sexual harassment, as the director also instilled fear in Hedren during a scene intended to involve mechanical birds. Instead, Hitchcock opted to use real birds, adding an unexpected and unsettling dimension to the production.<\/p>\n<p>Hedren would later comment, \u201cBeing the object of Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tippi Hedren: Alfred Hitchcock Assaulted Me After I Refused To Sleep With Him\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRIRY99yfN4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-2mrzjskjo\" name=\"update-2mrzjskjo\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Stanley Kubrick \/ Shelley Duvall<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2024\/06\/Stanley-Kubrick-Director-1960s-Far-Out-Magazine.jpg\" alt=\"Stanley Kubrick - Director - 1960s\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Studied by film students across the world and revered by burgeoning directors,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/stanley-kubrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stanley Kubrick<\/a>\u00a0is undoubtedly one of the best to ever grace the silver screen, creating such classics as\u00a0A Clockwork Orange\u00a0and\u00a02001: A Space Odyssey, but he notoriously wasn\u2019t the easiest person to work with. <\/p>\n<p>His tricky personality came to a head on the set of the 1980 horror film\u00a0The Shining,\u00a0where he clashed with lead actor Shelley Duvall.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing the role to \u201ctorture\u201d, Duvall later discussed\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/shelley-duvall-experience-stanley-kubrick-film-the-shining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how she got in character for her testing role<\/a>, stating: \u201cYou just think about something very sad in your life or how much you miss your family or friends\u2026 but after a while, your body rebels. It says: \u2018Stop doing this to me. I don\u2019t want to cry every day.\u2019 And sometimes just that thought alone would make me cry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a person so charming and lovable (as Kubrick,) he can do some pretty cruel things when you\u2019re filming,\u201d she revealed in an interview. \u201cIt was a very difficult role. It was a long shoot, and I had to cry and hyperventilate and carry a little boy for most of the time we shot. And that was about a little over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Shining - Bat Scene (1080 HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtI0uG6tjew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-ne6elbsxq\" name=\"update-ne6elbsxq\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2025\/10\/Frank-Oz-Director-2024-Far-Out-Magazine.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Oz - Director - 2024\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Best known for his work behind the scenes on countless Muppets projects, as well as for being the director of such classic movies as Little Shop of Horrors and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Frank Oz is something of an underrated Hollywood filmmaker. But he didn\u2019t always work with puppets on comedic projects, back in 2001, he created The Score, a crime drama starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/marlon-brando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marlon Brando<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Known for being difficult to work with, especially later in his career, Brando formed a strong dislike of Oz, even going so far as to call him \u2018Miss Piggy\u2019 after the iconic\u00a0Muppets\u00a0character he voiced. The director later blamed himself for fueling the conflict, admitting it was tough to handle Brando, but the actor was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/the-10-wildest-marlon-brando-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">known for being a difficult talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI was confrontational,\u201d Oz admitted to the\u00a0Los Angeles Times. \u201cI should have been more generous, and I think that\u2019s what caused the rift between us (Brando),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Score (2\/9) Movie CLIP - The Negotiation (2001) HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WwHpeDtSMmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-n08z2npms\" name=\"update-n08z2npms\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Kevin Smith \/ Bruce Willis<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2025\/10\/Kevin-Smith-Director-2006-Far-Out-Magazine.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Smith - Director - 2006\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The filmmaker and movie fan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/kevin-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Smith<\/a> is largely known as one of the nicest and most approachable directors in the Hollywood system, but that\u2019s not to say that he got on with everyone he worked with. Back in 2010, he made the awful and highly forgettable action comedy Cop Out with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, with the former coming to blows with the likeable director.<\/p>\n<p>Admitting that he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/feud-between-bruce-willis-and-kevin-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">didn\u2019t handle the actor well<\/a>, Smith recalls: \u201cI was going at it like, \u2018Bruce, do it like this.\u2019 I was directing Bruce the way I direct everybody else. And Bruce was like, \u2018I\u2019ve been acting like Bruce Willis for 25 years, do you really think there\u2019s anything you\u2019re going to tell me that I don\u2019t know?\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cop Out Behind-The-Scenes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0id3Jznn-kA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-kf71t0o5m\" name=\"update-kf71t0o5m\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>Joel Schumacher \/ Val Kilmer<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/06\/Joel-Schumacher-Director-The-Lost-Boys-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Schumacher - Director - The Lost Boys\"\/><\/div>\n<p>One of the greatest products of the 1990s, the American filmmaker\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/joel-schumacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joel Schumacher<\/a>\u00a0is known for making such beloved movies as\u00a0Flatliners,\u00a0Falling Down\u00a0and\u00a0A Time to Kill. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Modern audiences will better know him for his contributions to comic book cinema; however, he created the dismal\u00a0Batman\u00a0movies\u00a0Batman Forever\u00a0and\u00a0Batman &amp; Robin, with the latter becoming known as one of the worst movies of all tim<\/span>e.<\/p>\n<p>But, it was during the making of\u00a0Batman Forever\u00a0that the director would come to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/joel-schumacher-val-kilmer-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blows with Val Kilmer<\/a>, with Schumacher later admitting: \u201c(We) had a physical pushing match. He was being irrational and ballistic with the first AD, the cameraman, the costume people. He was badly behaved, he was rude and inappropriate. I was forced to tell him that this would not be tolerated for one more second. Then we had two weeks where he did not speak to me, but it was bliss\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Val Kilmer No one helps Batman\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iy9MIAnbLPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-ranked-list-event grv-live-event\" id=\"update-obhnkt4u2\" name=\"update-obhnkt4u2\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-header-left\">\n<h2>David O Russell \/ George Clooney<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2023\/07\/David-O-Russell-Director-Far-Out-Magazine-F.jpg\" alt=\"David O Russell - Director\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The American filmmaker <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/david-o-russell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David O Russell<\/a> might be known as being the most volatile director in all of Hollywood, with countless actors having a problem with his controlling style, despite having made some of the best movies of the new century, including Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/many-controversies-david-o-russell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">His many controversies<\/a> go back to the start of his career and to the making of Three Kings in 1999, when George Clooney severely clashed with the director. \u201cWill I work with David ever again? Absolutely not,\u201d Clooney stated, \u201cNever. Do I think he\u2019s tremendously talented, and do I think he should be nominated for Oscars? Yeah\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Clooney went further when talking about how his attutude have changed as he gets older, aiming a not so subtle did at Russell: \u201cAnd so it\u2019s not just like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m going to go do a really good film, like Three Kings, and I\u2019m going to have a miserable f*** like David O Russell making my life hell. Making every person in the crew\u2019s life hell,\u2019\u201d Clooney said. \u201cIt\u2019s not worth it. Not at this point in my life. Just to have a good product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is only one of many run-ins with his actors, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David O. Russell Confronts the Controversy with George Clooney\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nV7mrtPuDSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source faroutmagazine.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wes Anderson \/ Jeffrey Wright If you\u2019ve ever seen a\u00a0Wes Anderson\u00a0movie, you will know that one undercurrent carries his filmography \u2013 a meticulous attention to detail. 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