12 Actors Who Slammed Their Own Movie Before Release
7. Richard Pryor - Stir Crazy
Richard Pryor was a comic genius with quite a few personal demons, and his drug problem was hardly well hidden from the public. While shooting the movie Stir Crazy, which was his second collaboration with Gene Wilder, he sat down for an interview with a Mormon public access show, and by all accounts was friendly and polite. Unfortunately, the audio got messed up so they had to re-record it, and by the time Pryor returned he’d clearly enjoyed an illegal substance or two.
During the interview, he’s twitchy, gleefully offensive and references things he probably shouldn’t, like his offshore bank account. He’s clearly not a fan of the movie he’s shooting either, and his only comment is that “it sucks!”, but he loves the money he's being paid for it.
He’d later reference the movie during a standup gig, saying he was happy it was a success but he didn’t really understand why either.