10 Movies Nobody Really Enjoyed Making

5. Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner Hell
Warner Bros.

An undisputed classic, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is an integral part of cinematic history but was a harrowing experience for almost everyone concerned. Before Scott even got involved with the project, the idea of adapting Philip K. Dick's classic novel had been floating around for a long time, with multiple writers being called in to try and turn what is quite a complex story into a two hour movie.

Scott eventually got involved, and it was his first big experience of making a movie in Hollywood, away from his native England. The director quickly learned that things were done a little differently Stateside and struggled to adapt to his new working conditions.

In a newspaper interview, Scott said that he preferred working in the UK, and the crew took it badly, choosing to stage a T-shirt protest against the director, who responded by wearing a T-shirt of his own, accusing them all of xenophobia.

Scott argued with almost everyone on set, including star actor Harrison Ford, who later admitted that Blade Runner was not a fun experience for him. Scott called Ford a real pain to work with, but the pair did make up years later. As well as all of that, executives interfered with production, changing the ending and adding voiceover narration, which Ford in particular despised.

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