7 Movie Scenes So Extreme They Made Actors Quit

1. Rob Morrow Got Fed Up Of All The Production Drama - The Island Of Dr. Moreau

While the majority of these stories at least resulted in the actors eventually being sweet-talked into returning to the set, that wasn't the case with Rob Morrow, who was hired to play the part of U.N. agent Edward Douglas in John Frankenheimer's notoriously doomed 1996 sci-fi horror The Island of Dr. Moreau.

On just the second day of shooting, Morrow had become fed up with the inclement weather conditions and a set dominated by squabbles between original director Richard Stanley, co-stars Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando, and twitchy studio executives. In tears, Morrow called New Line chairman Bob Shaye and begged to be let go from the film, which Shaye agreed to.

David Thewlis was quickly picked to replace him, though not before Stanley himself was fired on the third day of shooting by New Line execs, and the legendary Frankenheimer replaced him at great expense.

Given the film's critical and commercial failure, Morrow probably made the right choice, if only for his sanity. All things considered, this is certainly a case of a movie's insane production being far more interesting and entertaining than the film it actually produced.

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