10 Movie Roles That Pissed Actors Off
The movie roles that actors HATED working on.
It shouldn't surprise anyone that making movies isn't all fun and games, but even beyond acting being really hard work, it can be a genuinely miserable experience.
Sometimes a part ends up leaving the performer in question feeling downright pissed off for one reason or another, perhaps even enough that they ultimately want nothing to do with the end product.
And that's seemingly true with many of these 10 movie roles, each of which left the actors frustrated, annoyed, upset, and perhaps even ended up changing how they navigated the film industry in the future.
From actors being contractually forced to take roles they had no interest in, to those who were mistreated and disrespected on set, and others who simply thought they were making a dud movie, these roles all left the actors playing them feeling totally hacked off about the job.
In some cases it's painfully clear the actors involved couldn't care less about the movie and were basically playing through gritted teeth, while in others the performers nevertheless gave their all, and until they opened up about their experiences years later we were none the wiser...
10. Edward Norton - Steve Frazelli (The Italian Job)
In 2003's remake of The Italian Job, Edward Norton was cast to play the main villain Steve Frazelli - a fact that Norton himself wasn't remotely happy about.
As it turns out, Norton was effectively forced to star in the movie by Paramount, with whom he had a three-picture deal starting with 1996's Primal Fear, which landed the actor his first Oscar nomination.
Norton continually turned down the pictures offered to him by the studio, and even when they revised the deal to include just one additional film, he still wasn't interested in their choices.
Paramount eventually forced Norton's hand by threatening to sue him if he didn't star in their 2003 remake of The Italian Job, and so he reluctantly relented.
If there was any doubt about his feelings on the role, he reportedly said of it, "My real fans should give this a miss."
Ultimately Norton is fine in the film, though he clearly wasn't interested in doing anything but the bare minimum to fulfil his contractual obligations.