{"id":2450497,"date":"2026-06-08T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2450497"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:30:21","slug":"kurt-russell-says-michelle-pfeiffer-had-difficulties-with-tequila-sunrise-director-robert-towne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kurt-russell-says-michelle-pfeiffer-had-difficulties-with-tequila-sunrise-director-robert-towne\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Russell says Michelle Pfeiffer had &#8216;difficulties&#8217; with &#8216;Tequila Sunrise director Robert Towne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kurt Russell claims Michelle Pfeiffer had on-set tension with \u201cTequila Sunrise\u201d director Robert Towne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were difficulties between Michelle and [Robert], in all honesty,\u201d the actor, 75, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kurt-russell-recalls-working-with-michelle-pfeiffer-on-tequila-sunrise-exclusive-11989118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told People<\/a> at a FYC event for his and Pfeiffer\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/13\/entertainment\/taylor-sheridans-the-madison-is-a-michelle-pfeiffer-showcase-that-demonizes-nyc-review\/\">Paramount+ series, \u201cThe Madison.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a bit of a go-between as it were,\u201d he continued, noting that \u201cbecause of that,\u201d he and Pfeiffer, 68, \u201chad a strong relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kurt Russell claimed Michelle Pfeiffer (both pictured above) had \u201cdifficulties\u201d with \u201cTequila Sunrise\u201d director Robert Towne while chatting with People at \u201cThe Madison\u201d FYC event in Los Angeles. <span class=\"credit\">Dave Starbuck\/Future Image\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor (seen above at the FYC event) said he \u201cwas a bit of a go-between\u201d during Pfeiffer and Towne\u2019s alleged beef. <span class=\"credit\">Dave Starbuck\/Future Image\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe had a great time working together,\u201d\u00a0Russell added.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to Pfeiffer\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The 1988 movie, written and directed by Towne, follows two childhood friends (played by Russell and Mel Gibson) who become entangled in a tense love triangle with a gorgeous restaurateur (played by Pfeiffer).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>But Russell (seen above with Pfeiffer and Mel Gibson in key art for the film) said the alleged drama led to him and Pfeiffer having a \u201cstrong relationship.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Towne directed Russell, Pfeiffer and Gibson (all pictured above) in the 1988 romantic crime film. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Towne famously wrote 1974\u2019s \u201cChinatown,\u201d which won him the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and its 1990 sequel, \u201cThe Two Jakes.\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/02\/entertainment\/robert-towne-oscar-winning-writer-of-chinatown-dead-at-89\/\">He died in July 2024<\/a> at the age of 89.<\/p>\n<p>Russell also told People that Pfeiffer\u2019s character in \u201cTequila Sunrise,\u201d Jo Ann Vallenari, was \u201cthe glue\u201d of everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle was becoming a major player, and she was a rising star and all of that,\u201d Russell remembered. \u201cBut she was, I felt, really, really right for [the role].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Towne (pictured above on the set of the film with Pfeiffer) died in July 2024 at the age of 89. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Towne (pictured above with Mel Gibson on the \u201cTequila Sunrise\u201d set) famously won an Oscar for writing \u201cChinatown.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pfeiffer, for her part, told the outlet she \u201cfell in love\u201d with Russell when they first met and that he \u201cshowed up to support\u201d her \u201cevery day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s who he is as a person,\u201d the \u201cBatman Returns\u201d star shared. \u201cWhenever I would have a tough day or something, I\u2019d go to Kurt, and he just kind of helped me talk it through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pfeiffer previously<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/features\/the-madison-premiere-kurt-russell-dies-michelle-pfeiffer-1236687378\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told Variety<\/a> that Russell was her \u201ccomrade-in-arms\u201d when they were making \u201cTequila Sunrise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was my protector, my confidant, my court jester,\u201d she explained in March. \u201cHe was always there to make people laugh and brings a tremendous amount of joy every day to the set. We had a really nice chemistry acting together. It was just effortless with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pfeiffer (seen above in \u201cTequila Sunrise\u201d) told Variety in March that Russell was her \u201cprotector\u201d and \u201cconfidant\u201d on the set of the film. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pfeiffer and Russell (seen above) are working together again in the Paramount+ series \u201cThe Madison.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">JanuaryImages for Paramount+\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two actors are working together again in \u201cThe Madison,\u201d in which they play a married couple from New York City who deal with a terrible family tragedy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was years and years since in between seeing each other,\u201d Russell told People at the FYC event. \u201cNever had the opportunity to work with each other until this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Taylor Sheridan-created series, which premiered in March, has already been renewed for two more seasons.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurt Russell claims Michelle Pfeiffer had on-set tension with \u201cTequila Sunrise\u201d director Robert Towne. \u201cThere were difficulties between Michelle and [Robert], in all honesty,\u201d the actor, 75, told People at a FYC event for his and Pfeiffer\u2019s Paramount+ series, \u201cThe Madison.\u201d \u201cI was a bit of a go-between as it were,\u201d he continued, noting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2450498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,304753,24003,22556,344542,21741,345322,307888,21912,481312],"class_list":["post-2450497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-celebrity-feuds","tag-celebrity-news","tag-directors","tag-drama","tag-entertainment","tag-kurt-russell","tag-michelle-pfeiffer","tag-movies","tag-robert-towne"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kurt-Russell-says-Michelle-Pfeiffer-had-difficulties-with-Tequila-Sunrise.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450499,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450497\/revisions\/2450499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}