10 Actors You Didn't Realise Hated Each Other
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland didn't get along on the set of 24.
Glamourous and exciting though it often is, acting is ultimately still a job at the end of the day, and like any job there's the possibility that you don't become fast friends with your co-workers. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Sometimes actors have different ideas about how to approach a scene and clash creatively, and sometimes there's enough on-set friction that the performers develop a genuine, hateful distaste for one another.
While we as outside observers generally aren't privy to most of these creative dust-ups, what with most actors keeping their mouths shut about it, every so often word leaks out from those who were there, or the actors themselves might even grow frustrated enough to vent their grievances in public.
And so, though you probably didn't realise it from the superficially genial manner in which they conducted themselves, these 10 pairs of actors evidently couldn't stand to be around each other by shoot's end.
Whether they came to blows over their differing definitions of "professionalism" or had more deep-seated, long-standing issues with one another, these actors apparently hated each other for a long, long time, if not still to this very day...
10. Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp
One of the most common complaints about 2010's romantic thriller The Tourist was the shocking lack of chemistry between stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp - a fact that likely stemmed from their apparent distaste for one another during shooting.
Various tabloid reports at the time suggested that Jolie was frustrated at Depp for not getting into better shape for the part, partying into the night, and turning up late to set, while Depp allegedly saw Jolie as a "prima donna" who took herself far too seriously.
As a result, the pair spent little time together on set when they weren't filming, and though they were subsequently jovial enough during the movie's press tour, they've largely given each other a wide berth in public ever since.
Even with the film's critical panning, though, it was a solid success at the box office and earned both Jolie and Depp inexplicable Golden Globe nominations for their performances.
9. Anthony Daniels & Kenny Baker
Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker spent literally decades working together as C-3PO and R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise, and yet despite the iconic "friendship" of their characters, Daniels and Baker's personal relationship was considerably frostier.
In 2005, Baker stated that he found Daniels' asocial attitude frustrating and rude:
"Anthony doesn't mix at all - he keeps himself to himself. He never wants to have a drink with any of us. Once, when I said hello to him, he just turned his back on me and said, 'Can't you see I'm having a conversation?' I was blazing with rage. It was the rudest thing anyone had ever done to me. I was furious. It was unbelievable."
And in 2009 he recounted another instance where Daniels allegedly slighted him:
"If [Daniels] just calmed down and socialised with everyone, we could make a fortune touring around making personal appearances. I've asked him four times now, but the last time, he looked down his nose at me like I was a piece of s**t. He said: 'I don't do many of these conventions – go away little man.' He really degraded me and made me feel small - for want of a better expression."
While Baker later downplayed the feud, he added that "Daniels has no time for any of the other actors, not just me, and none of them have a good word to say about him."
Daniels, meanwhile said that R2-D2 "might as well be a bucket," and when Baker received a mere consulting credit for R2-D2 on The Force Awakens - the final Star Wars film released before his death - Daniels dismissively said, "His name is on the credits as a sort of… I don't know, a good luck charm, a courtesy. He's a talisman."
Daniels did tweet his condolences when Baker passed in 2016, though some fans felt his message was "cold," possibly reflecting the pair's real-life animosity.
8. Bill Paxton & Helen Hunt
Twister stars Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as a pair of on-the-brink-of-divorce storm-chasers whose romance is rekindled by the arrival of an F5 tornado.
Despite Paxton and Hunt's strong on-screen chemistry, numerous reports since the film's 1996 release have suggested that they didn't get along at all during shooting.
Things apparently got bad enough that when Universal was putting together a Twister-themed Universal Studios ride, Twister...Ride it Out, the duo only agreed to participate if their parts could be shot separately and stitched together through editing.
Granted, Twister was by most accounts a tricky shoot for all involved, and considering that both Paxton and Hunt reportedly received burnt retinas from the powerful artificial lights used on set, it probably wasn't the most organic environment to foster a sound working relationship.
Time did seem to mend things, though, as shortly before his death Paxton expressed enthusiasm to reunite with Hunt for a Twister sequel, which of course sadly never came to pass.
7. Mike Myers & Dana Carvey
The Wayne's World movies are so damn hilarious in large part due to the superb comedic chemistry between stars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, yet the duo ended up falling out following the release of Myers' hit 1997 comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
The crux of the fractured friendship was that Carvey in fact came up with the voice and physical mannerisms for Austin Powers' villain Dr. Evil, which Carvey styled as an impression of Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels.
Carvey regularly performed his caricature of Michaels backstage at SNL, and when Myers used the impression without permission in Austin Powers, it drove a wedge between them.
The pair were then estranged for the better part of two decades, despite very occasionally appearing together in-character as Wayne and Garth.
By 2019, though, Carvey confirmed in an interview with Howard Stern that he'd "basically let it go," with the two then appearing together at the 2019 Oscars and also in-character as Wayne and Garth for a 2021 Super Bowl commercial.
Carvey added that working on the commercial helped them "come full circle," and they've been in much closer contact since. You love to see it.
6. Lara Flynn Boyle & Sherilyn Fenn
In the case of Twin Peaks stars Lara Flynn Boyle and Sherilyn Fenn, matters of the heart ended up invading their time on the show, with Boyle reportedly becoming jealous that her real-life partner, the show's star Kyle MacLachlan, was being romantically paired with Sherilyn Fenn on-screen.
In a more recent interview, Fenn said:
"People got mad and jealous and… it was just stupid. Ugh... What happened was that Lara was dating Kyle and she was mad that my character was getting more attention... So then Kyle started saying that his character shouldn't be with my character because it doesn't look good, 'cause I'm too young. Literally, because of that, they brought in Heather Graham - who's younger than I am - for him and Billy Zane for me. I was not happy about it. It was stupid."
Boyle, who largely maintains a low profile these days, hasn't ever said anything publicly about the situation, though everything Fenn says certainly makes sense when you consider how abruptly the building romance between MacLachlan and Fenn's characters was nixed.
5. Russell Crowe & Oliver Reed
The production of Ridley Scott's Best Picture-winning Gladiator was thrown into a tailspin when Oliver Reed, who played the major supporting role of Antonius Proximo, died from a heart attack before all of his scenes had been shot. This resulted in Reed's scenes being completed with the help of a digital double.
Though co-star Russell Crowe kept respectfully quiet for many years after Gladiator's release, he did eventually open up about his acrimonious working relationship with Reed throughout shooting.
"I never got on with Ollie. He has visited me in dreams and asked me to talk kindly of him. So I should... but we never had a pleasant conversation... I have seen him walk down the street in Malta drunk as a lord and just hit anybody he got near to - even a man walking with his children. I just found that to be - not impressive... In the end, he created such a weird energy around him that no one drinking with him cared."
Given that Crowe said they never had a pleasant conversation, it's safe to say that the dislike was mutual.
4. Julia Roberts & Catherine Zeta-Jones
Ocean's Twelve expanded the heist series' huge ensemble cast by throwing Catherine Zeta-Jones into the mix as Europol detective Isabel Lahiri, though ever since the film's production, persistent reports have suggested that Zeta-Jones and co-star Julia Roberts came to blows throughout shooting.
While filming in Italy, the pair allegedly quibbled over various aspects of the shoot, from their costumes to the set's lighting, VIP perks, and even eventually their presence in the movie's marketing, such that they were largely kept separate during production.
Though neither actress has spoken publicly about the rumoured spat, the fact that they haven't worked together since - despite co-starring in America's Sweethearts just three years prior to Ocean's Twelve - is certainly curious, and possibly telling.
3. Freddie Prinze Jr. & Kiefer Sutherland
Freddie Prinze Jr. appeared in 24's eighth season as Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) reluctant ally Cole Ortiz, though several years after his single-season stint on the show ended, Prinze spoke out about his miserable experience working with Sutherland. He said:
"It was terrible. I hated every moment of it. Kiefer was the most unprofessional dude in the world. That's not me talking trash, I'd say it to his face, I think everyone that's worked with him has said that."
Prinze, who worked with WWE in various creative capacities both before and after filming 24, even compared former WWE CEO Vince McMahon favourably to Sutherland:
"I didn't have to take my shoes off to do scenes with [Vince], which they made me do. Just put the guy on an apple box or don't hire me next time. You know I'm six feet and he's five foot four... I just wanted to quit the business after that. So, I just sort of stopped."
As much as Prinze paints a convincing picture of the pair not getting on, Sutherland had his reps take the high road, simply wishing Prinze the best.
2. Jennifer Aniston & Jay Mohr
1997 rom-com Picture Perfect stars Jennifer Aniston as an advertising executive who pretends to be engaged to a man she just met (Jay Mohr) in order to further her career.
Despite Aniston and Mohr's decent enough chemistry, they reportedly struggled to get on during filming, largely due to Aniston's disappointment that her then-boyfriend, Tate Donovan, wasn't cast opposite her.
For Mohr, who was simply the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time, Aniston's sour attitude resulted in a miserable experience making the movie:
"Being on the set of a movie where the leading woman was unhappy with my presence and made it clear from day one. I hadn't done many movies, and even though they screen-tested some pretty famous guys, I somehow snaked into the leading role. [Aniston] said, 'No way! You've got to be kidding me!' Loudly. Between takes. To other actors on set. I would literally go to my mom's house and cry."
While one suspects things have cooled between the two over the last 25 years, that's certainly not the ideal atmosphere for shooting a romantic comedy. Though it turned a modest profit regardless, reviews were firmly mixed.
1. Charlie Chaplin & Marlon Brando
You'd be forgiven for not knowing that Hollywood legends Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando ever worked together, but indeed, they collaborated on the 1967 rom-com A Countess from Hong Kong, with Brando starring while Chaplin served as writer-director.
The two mega-stars didn't play well together, by their own accounts. Chaplin originally wanted Cary Grant or Rex Harrison to play the lead, and grew frustrated with Brando regularly turning up late to set.
Conversely, Brando found Chaplin's hands-on direction insulting, and wrote in his 1994 memoir that he perceived the director as a "cruel" man:
"Comic genius or not, when I went to London to work with him late in his life, Chaplin was a fearsomely cruel man. He was probably the most sadistic man I'd ever met... He was an egotistical tyrant and a penny pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster... The greatest genius that the medium has ever produced… [was] a mixed bag, just like all of us."
It didn't help that Chaplin berated Brando's son Sydney - who had a supporting role in the film - on set and called Brando unprofessional in front of the crew, prompting Brando to insist upon an apology while threatening to quit the film. To save the picture, Chaplin reportedly complied.