10 Filmmakers Who Blamed Actors For Failed Movies

When actors derail movies (apparently).
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[@danas916x]

Joss Whedon pointing the finger at anyone is hilarious irony

[@jasonbeatty831]

He’s pretty much done now, right? Hearing all those horror stories from Charisma Carpenter really soured me on Buffy and Angel.

[@frubetube]

Hey Jules…thanks for not shouting, having a witty and concise script and doing a ‘one per list’. Always a pleasure to watch videos that you have narrated.

[@thespicemelange.1]

I was shouting in the comments about his lack of one per list and my persistence finally paid off!

[@Jasonfortuna101]

Great vid, Jules. Kevin Smith has since walked his comments back after Bruce Willis' diagnosis of aphasia.

[@Devil-Made]

That first example is kind of unfair - on your part. I didn’t know will smith had already agreed to be in ID2, and that production had already started. It’s pretty shitty to quit midway through production for no reason other than you want to do a different project instead. He made a commitment and then just peaced out. Of course Emmerich would’ve been mad. And for you to say “no actor can save a bad script…” completely ignores what you’d JUST SAID. Emmerich had a DIFFERENT script when they started. He had to cobble this one together after will smith quit. We have no idea whether it would’ve been a good movie or not, but it’s totally unfair of you to say it was a bad script when we don’t even know what it was.

[@ericthompson3982]

David Brin also blamed a lot of the failings of The Postman on Costner, to be fair. I got guided to the book by that movie, and the differences in story and quality are staggering.

[@elizabethbaird2132]

I had read the book before the movie came out (I was a teen) and recognized during the first few seconds of the trailer what the movie was going to be, that it was going to be based on that book.

[@alyzu4755]

John Schlesinger probably had a point, though. As much as I lovee Madonna as a musician, she's not known for being easy to work with. (And that movie is truly, truly awful. Poor Rupert Everett. )

[@Mr_Movie_Fan]

10:56-11:04 yup, sounds like Marlon Brando

[@jamesmendonca2900]

Rarely, big actors would interfere with other peoples' project. In most cases filmmakers refuse to take responsibility for their own failures and just blame others for it like spoiled kids.

[@seantlewis376]

Marlon Brando only mailed in his roles after The Godfather. Everything after that was just to get his name on the posterboard, and a check in his bank. I cannot think of any good role he did after that. Apocalypse Now is supposed to be great, but he showed up very overweight for an SF Colonel, and not knowing his lines. That's why his segments are always in very close focus in dark lighting, and he says one line at a time, which often were not in the script.

[@alisonponce8337]

I enjoyed his work with Johnny Depp in Don Juan Dimarco.

[@Bobbnoxious]

Last Tango in Paris

[@seantlewis376]

@@Bobbnoxious True. That was a very disturbing movie. I don't know why anyone even wanted to make that movie, but it is sort of an existential experience.

[@seantlewis376]

@@alisonponce8337 I'll take your word for it. I haven't seen that movie.

[@Reqboi]

Yes!!! The one per list is back!!!

[@DXKramer]

All is well!

[@brianmulholland2467]

x2. Ecstatic about that. Also, thought I'd mention - I have a relative who works in the entertainment biz (very local), and has a parade of horror stories about Jerry Lewis when her org was hosting an event he was the headliner at. He was a 100% total douchebag and misogynist prick. Like literally EVERY cliche. Awful human being.

[@banziijg]

Unfortunately, I believe this is a reissue video

[@clarencegboddicker8144]

“Scattered Praise”😂Brilliant

[@Rikky2000]

Please can you start adding chapters to your videos. Please.

[@AgentMoray]

Jules, when you went MIA, you know what I missed the most? Your mom... jokes.

[@GroundhogJay]

As much as I detest Joss Whedon these days, even Sigourney Weaver agreed that the script had been much better than was conveyed on-screen. They both seemed to blame the director. That was the main reason she agreed to cameo in Cabin in the Woods.

[@rybock]

Also, he made a similar complaint for another movie... I don't have a clip of it, and I can't reproduce it here in writing, but in the first X-men movie, people made fun of a line he wrote, "Do you know what happens to a toad when it's hit by lightning? [Toad gets hit by lightning] The same as everyone else." And it was a bad line reading, but in the interview I heard, he gave an example of how he imagined it, and the words were the same, but it worked a lot better. It is one problem with writing, especially for movies, in Hollywood... a writer can have an idea for a good line, but then the producer and director and actor all get in there and it's almost a game of telephone where the final performance loses what the writer intended.

[@TerryNutkins3]

If I'm not mistaken there was a language barrier between the cast and the Director of Alien : Resurrection, he had to use a translator for the making of the film

[@TerryNutkins3]

@@rybock Anyone who has watched Buffy the vampire slayer knows there's lots of nuances in Joss's writing and the way words are delivered are vital to creating the tone of the scene. "Mom, mom, Mommy", has probably just made some fans of the show start crying

[@Zombiesnyder13]

I'm surprised that Richard Stanley didn't blame Val Kilmer for the failure of "The Island of Dr. Moreau"

[@ericthompson3982]

Eh, it's been pretty well known for a while that the blame for that one is largely on Brando.

[@GregOrCreg]

@@ericthompson3982 But Kilmer was extremely unprofessional. Didn't the replacement director, Frankenheimer, shout "Now get that man off my set!" as soon as Kilmer's scenes wrapped?

[@alisdairmckenzie]

I suspect Brando had taken up all that.

[@ringringbananarchy]

Kilmer himself blames himself for it. He says he was going through his divorce at the time, and that he acted very poorly. Brando was doing Brando things and being insane, and they massively indulged him

[@melissawickersham9912]

Just don’t put two enormous egos on the same production crew together when there’s a high likelihood that they would clash.

[@JohnMack-s7x]

I didn’t mind Waterworld, but it was nonsense.

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

Waterworld is a good movie.

[@papawshane]

Always love hearing the "One per List"!

[@arnesahlen2704]

Marilyn called River of No Return "a Grade Z cowboy movie in which the actors take 3rd place behind scenery and Cinemascope." Preminger was hard on other actresses too, not just MM.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

These days, companies like Disney blame the fans for not liking their movies.

[@obredaanps3]

These days, directors like Zack Snyder blame the fans for not understanding his movies.

[@TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark]

These days, fans…in general…blame companies for wanting to showcase a world that’s more than white.

[@TheMags53]

These days grown adults throw tantrums over fucking Disney movies and shows.

[@Stonecutter334]

Yeah its pretty hilarious too

[@plato363]

Sounds like you remember when movies had both diversity and a good story.

[@manueldeabreu1980]

Brando had a reputation of being difficult. Since it was at the end of Brando's career the director has no one to blame but himself. It wasn't like that was known.

[@wesgerrr5835]

I thought for sure Ricci’s “weight” in Buffalo 66 would make the list. One of the stupidest excuses 😂 she looked AMAZING

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

Wha?! She was the best part of that film.

[@sick0832]

Yay Jules!

[@quithollerin7276]

There is a surplus of blame and deficit of accountability in the world of movie making, these days. Word and opinion have a broader reaches than ever before. You no longer depend on just two guys eating popcorn in a mock theater for your movie news. You know, I was once told that, in larger populated cities, there is enough first time patronage to keep even a shitty restaurant in business. Movies once counted on this. They no longer can.

[@carastone3473]

Emmerich is full of shit. Will didn’t quit halfway through production. He read the script and passed on it. Can’t blame him; it was bad. Of course, so was Suicide Squad. 🤷‍♀️

[@warberg80]

Ugh, entry title 4 says Paul Kaye (an English comedian/actor), later corrected to Tony Kaye

[@garypasquill2355]

I half expected Paul kaye to unleash Dennis pennis in game of thrones

[@lauramaeda7214]

Love the one per list.

[@SonsOfLore]

Joss has a niche writing style. Mixing comedy, with drama, and action. He does it very well. In the Alien universe that style doesn't fit. I liked Alien 3 better. Alien 3 was an attempt at recreating the claustrophobic, and known hidden danger, and suspense of the original. 4 made sense, but didn't at the same time. Just like I love, and hate it. There were some good one liners, but an action comedy, with Xenomorphs was better with Mel Brooks. And that was only one scene.

[@jsmith3946]

There been plenty of times a good actor saved a bad script and Smith has always been a hack for hire

[@josephbrownjr3564]

Thank you for your return to form! My mom thanks you too

[@joenesvick7043]

When an actor has a scheduling conflict, just make the film later. Tremors 2 wouldn't wait for Kev Bacon either. Of course if the ID4 sequel came out after the Oscar slap. . . . I actually enjoyed Alien Resurrection, I never heard why people hate it. People only hated DAVID FINCHER'S Alien 3 for killing off Newt when Carrie Henn was retired from acting anyway, they kind of had to write the character out of the story (at least Hicks survived according to a video game people hate and I never played, but surely Hicks surviving is the game's redeeming factor right). For Alien Resurrection, the only reason I hear is "it's bad!" Well that's not much of an explanation innit, I wonder if anyone out there hated the movie without even trying it, I know some movies seem to follow that trend.

[@jasonbeatty831]

I know alien resurrection sucks, but I can’t help but love the interiors and set designs. It could’ve been such a great film.

[@bobbyfagan7760]

Waterworld is actually a good movie

[@mikemcguckin8596]

Alex Kutrzman squarely blamed Tom Cruise for how bad The Mummy reboot turned out

[@melissawickersham9912]

He’s not wrong about Cruise being at least partially responsible for the failure of the Mummy reboot. Cruise simply had too much creative control over the production process. He had a vision for how the film should be that probably didn’t match the ideas and expectations of the audience and the studio about what the classic Universal Monster movie should be like.

[@ravens-crypt]

They were equally at fault in my opinion

[@mikemcguckin8596]

@melissawickersham9912 according to Kurtzman the focus was supposed to be on Sofia Boutella but Cruise made the changes to focus on him instead. Supposedly his contracts always stipulate he has creative control.

[@austinstorm4551]

ONE PER LIST!

[@zanethomas6865]

John Frankenheimer famously quipped "Will Rogers never met Val Kilmer!" He reportedly told the crew to get Kilmer "the hell off this set" when at the character wrap.

[@gregoryvn3]

Hooray, the Crown Jules and his one per list! One per list! 🎉❤😎

[@jinxie712]

Whedon said the same about X-men. Particularly the Storm Toad line. Said it was a lead up joke that Toad kept saying. Kinda like the Quicksilver line in Avengers 2.

[@ayesnapsnots]

Yay! I got my "one per list" back!

[@sebbvell3426]

Blaming actors is just an excuse that director make in order to justify their lack of their own talent

[@manofacertainrage856]

10. Will Smith bailed, so yes, he can be blamed. The movie should have been shelved.

[@jeffstrom164]

Let's be honest, actors tank shows with bad acting all the time.

[@TheBerylknight]

Reynold's was right to blame Costner for the failure of Water World. Because it's not difficult to spot when Costner takes over directing the film. The quality drops dramatically.

[@Scaash]

Didn't you say Rolland had to Edit the scrip cause Will chose not to come. I would say it kinda is Will's fault. That and Suicide Squad Bombed too.

[@GregOrCreg]

How is that Smith's fault? A ID sequel was a bad idea to begin with. The whole appeal of the first film was watching all the real-world buildings and monuments get destroyed. Once the world had been rebuilt following the first alien attack, it was harder for the audience to relate to the 'what if?' scenario. Smith wasn't obliged to return.

[@Scaash]

@@GregOrCreg It partly his fault didnt say it was all his fault. Yes the real blame is on th Director for putting his eggs all in one basket but when someone says they going to do something for you then drop out the can take some of the blame

[@GregOrCreg]

@@Scaash Okay, I didn't fully realise that Smith had committed to a ID sequel. If that was the case, then I see your point. But if Emmerich merely assumed Smith would return without any guarantee beforehand, that can't really be levelled at Smith.

[@Scaash]

@@GregOrCreg Yeah middle of production and dude Opted out. 1:32

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Preminger is pronounced PREM-in-jer, not pre-MIN-jer.

[@soggycracker5934]

Yeah. American History X is one of my choices for top three drama films. Mind you, I fkin HATE the movie, but recognize how how well made it is.

[@dnasty312]

It was *Tony* Kaye, NOT Paul

[@timalice-2833]

I still think we need a list of Jules’s top 10 your mom jokes.

[@bhotaling1]

WHO was Monroe' sacting coach?

[@BadWebDiver]

Lee Strasberg or an assistant of his.

[@thermonuclearcollider4418]

5:29 Whedon's script was mediocre at best. His approach might've worked on a different property (*cough*Serenity*cough*), but it was completely out of place for an Alien movie and it would have been even without Jeunet's over-the-top direction. The best thing in the movie was the Newborn, but the creature we ended up seeing didn't come from Whedon: in his script, the monster was a giant, spider-like creature. The human-alien hybrid was the work of Jeunet and ADI, the special-FX studio.

[@ricosuave6898]

Valerian City of a Thousand Planets was definitely one that was hurt badly by the lead actors.

[@thermonuclearcollider4418]

Luc Besson didn't blame them, though. That's the point of the whole video.

[@ricosuave6898]

@@thermonuclearcollider4418 They were sharing opinions about performances that negatively impacted films. So was I. I apologize for making you read a whole sentence that slightly expanded the range of the topic by also sharing my opinion. I'm glad you have enough free time to condescend though.

[@user-ei6uj6im8u]

I loved the second independence day movie. I thought Dr Okun was dead from the first one, and it surprised me when he was shown in the hospital and he woke up. 😊😊😊😊

[@melissawickersham9912]

I’m not sure that audiences were quite ready for seeing “The Day The Clown Cried” that soon after the events of WW2 anyway. Especially since the veterans who fought WW2 were still alive when that film was produced.

[@thespicemelange.1]

Ladies and gentlemen we did it, we got our one per list. 👏👏👏

[@korbell1089]

Talk about holding a grudge, Schlesinger literally blaming Madonna for killing him! Jerry Lewis should not be on this list because he didn't blame others for the film's failure, he blamed himself.

[@sebbvell3426]

Directors blame actors, actors blame writers, writers blame the studio, studios blame the fans and, the fans blame the director and cycle is completed

[@walkerstark4564]

Tony Kaye not Paul Kaye

[@bingolingo7021]

I loved Cop Out

[@carriesmigla-didier8900]

So Whedon blamed everyone else for his Alien movie. I'm not surprised given how he blamed everyone for his X-men movie. I remember an interview he gave saying something like 'yes, i wrote the lines, but she said it seriously '- about one of Halle Berry's lines. It was that stupid "So you know what happens to a road when it's hit by lightning? The same thing as everything else." It's just a bad line- one of many. Egos of these folks are so fragile.

[@VonPunk]

I agree, I saw both those movies in the cinema and enjoyed them but both had some bad lines, that Toad line was abysmal, the only part of the film I hated, I spent years asking why it wasn't changed at any point before release to "It gets fried!" or something. Half the people in this comment section could have read that script and made Whedon's lines punchier and funnier than he did.

[@raydunn8262]

Thank you. Edward Norton is notoriously known for being the biggest antisocial jerk. Personality wise, i have never heard one good thing. Please research how Norton interferred with his Hulk film. I feel he helped make it a bomb.

[@user-fh2in8sj9t]

I'm in the Baby Boomer age group and I've seen a number of Brando's movies, including The Godfather. I've always thought he was a shit actor who was very overrated.

[@plp666]

Wow, that Jerry Lewis movie looks crazy, would love that to be released. Also, unpopular opinion, I love Aliens 4. Sure it was a mess by there was so much I loved about it.

[@melissawickersham9912]

That Jerry Lewis movie could be released nowadays, but I am not sure that audiences were ready for it when it was produced.

[@TheTlin82180]

Tony or Paul Kaye?

[@duncanidaho4565]

Actors always screwing up their lines and asking for love so sad

[@ryanedwards6923]

I loved cop out! I thought it was hilarious.

[@pickleballer1729]

I'm glad Costner and the director got over it, because "The Hatfields and the McCoys" was absolutely fantastic. 8:00 So the guy that claimed Ed Norton was too narcissistic to work with quit the film and then spent 100K of his own money to trash the film. Yeah, nothing narcissistic about that. 10:00 My brother worked for Val Kilmer for a time, and given what he said and what I've observed about Brando, there ain't enough money on the planet to get me to work with those two.

[@markelijio6012]

Edward Norton has also clashing with major studios/indies on most of his pictures, including the Oscar nominated successful adaptations of Primal Fear and American History X.

[@geraldmartin7703]

Working with Brando would be fun if you didn't take Hollywood seriously. (Brando improvised wearing the ice bucket on his head).

[@melissawickersham9912]

Yeah, the biggest mistake that the production crew of the “Island of Dr Moreau” made was getting two big name actors with equally enormous egos on the same set and not preparing for the inevitable problems that would ensue.

[@markelijio6012]

@@melissawickersham9912 True!

[@Saxgod]

I disagree with 10. He said when Smith left he should have decided to pause the movie but I bet the studio said if you don’t it won’t get made at all and the studio put him in pressure. I think smith is the reason a worse script was created to explain why smith wasn’t in the film. So it is smiths fault but it’s also Emmerichs as well. It’s both their fault.

[@Mentalrift]

Can we get Jules a better baffle or get him to take one step back from the mic? All I can hear is air hitting the mic.

[@beanbean78]

The day the clown cries sounds hilarious

[@user-fh2in8sj9t]

Dude, you need to do your research. As much as i don't like Lindsay Lohan, she has been in at least 8 orher movies since The Canyons.

[@jamesonp3873]

Paul Kaye?

[@markelijio6012]

Tony Kaye, director/cinematographer.

[@rollingwithchuckg]

American History X is a great movie!!!!!!

[@lstchance87]

Wait on number 10 if WS dropped out after the script was finalized and then they had to rewrite and reshoot the movie making it complely different how is it not his fault. Change the seneiro slightly to all of our fans we apologize that you will not be able to watch the superbowl one of the teams quit after the first quarter but hey the detroit lions were available and said they will play i k ow its not the game you were expecting to see but its the best we can give you.

[@sometimesfunny681]

Who else appreciates the 1234 timing?

[@patricklerigolleur7891]

I liked Alien 4 Joss Whedon I don't 🙂

[@sanddagger36]

If independence day was nothing without will smith, then they didn't deserve him.

[@kylelewis9163]

He fucking did it

[@HailAnts]

_Alien Resurrection_ was a disaster because of its director. Josh Whedon had little to do with it. A French director who, _did not speak English!_ How in the world can someone direct a film without being able to speak the language?! How exactly did they expect to 'work around' that?!

[@Bobbnoxious]

Francois Truffaut managed it with "Fahrenheit 451" and did quite a good job.

[@The_Dudester]

WhatCulture, you absolutely butchered the name "Preminger" by placing the emphasis on the first syllable. It's actually a three syllable name and the emphasis is on the last syllable.

[@TySama0]

His name isn't WhatCulture, he actually introduces himself.

[@owie4070]

​@TySama0 So he did some butchering too? 😁

[@ritacronise7261]

@The_Dudester WHAT? He placed the emphasis on the SECOND syllable (Pre-MIN'-jer), whereas the standard English pronunciation DOES have the primary emphasis on the first syllable, with secondary emphasis on the third (PREM'-in-jer). - Rick (not Rita)

[@bikkiikun]

That Independence Day sequel was utter rubbish, despite Jeff Goldblum's good performance. And the reason is quite obvious: it's a CPC propaganda piece.

[@melissawickersham9912]

What’s CPC stand for, anyway? What do you mean by “CPC”?

[@bikkiikun]

@@melissawickersham9912 : Communist Party of China. An alternative abbreviation is CCP, Chinese Communist Party. In those years they invested heavily in Hollywood and financed several productions. And the reasons are obvious, gaining influence over productions, maybe even getting a stake in studios to exert control. Getting propaganda pieces, like the Independence Day sequel made. And another reason is industrial espionage. It's no coincidence that they concentrate on those productions that heavily rely on CGI. ...not that it has helped them, when their home-grown CGI Blockbuster "masterpieces" can't even hold a candle to 1990ies TV productions. Whenever you see, at the beginning of a film Tencent, or Ant Group you can expect a reasonably good movie ruined by CPC money.

[@MountainDewComacho494]

Despite its issues, Alien 4 is much better than Alien 3.

[@roems6396]

I was thinking that exact same thing. Alien 4 is a much more enjoyable movies than 3.

[@GlennTheSadMarinersFan]

I liked Waterworld.. and it made money.

[@Mossblac]

Hey, your recording quality is off in this video....too much gain, breaths are not edited out, I hear pops and blow outs. The video is fine, but the sound quality isn't up to par on this one, unusually noticeable.

[@RAWnoSmackDown]

Yea we know look at how suicide squad( The first one) Turned out 😂

[@JohnMack-s7x]

Kevin Smith sucks. I skipped his career.

[@MrSunlander]

Pre MIN ger..... tee hee

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

Perhaps Will should've went on to resurgence because suicide squad was a real dumpster fire

[@GregOrCreg]

Yet, Suicide Squad was a huge hit and made about as much money as the more expensive and more hyped Batman v Superman, and certainly a lot more money than the completely pointless Resurgence.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

@GregOrCreg say all you want, they were both overhyped disappointments.

[@GregOrCreg]

@@Spawnwick_Boseman82820 I never said either of them were good. Suicide Squad is not a good movie. But commercially, it was a hit.

[@sarahcatherine9441]

To me fair, Madonna was the worst part of that movie… I blame her too 😂

[@sherrybowen4432]

She's Madonna. How could they have not known who they dealing with?

[@fuspuz8540]

Joss Whedon is a hack! His and Zack Snyders Justice League was both terrible.

[@paulwoida8249]

Smith wasn't that good in Suicide Squad so no great loss.

[@Rattrap007]

It is not pronounced preminja. It is pronounced prem-in-jer.

[@DanielOrme]

With the emphasis on the first syllable: PREH-min-jer. This is a law for all WhatCulture videos. There must be a mispronounced name so we can point it out and so increase the number of comments.

[@thegray5730]

@@DanielOrme Have long suspected this.

[@GregOrCreg]

Same as 'Schlesinger' which I don't think was pronounced properly either.

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

Resurrection and Waterworld are awesome flicks. Brain-off fun.

[@angelthman1659]

Oh no, I hate bad pronunciation by young punks who don't know crap about movies. It's PREminger not PreMINger.

[@wyldhowl2821]

Just be glad it is a human being mispronouncing it. So many of these youtube videos are now narrated by AI's that sound no better than a customer service phone menu.

[@notmyrealname6404]

Smith talking about Willis is sad considering his diagnosis

[@carriesmigla-didier8900]

It is, but he wasn't diagnosed way back then. It sounds like Smith was being a jerk and Willis could have been too- who knows? But they worked again later in Die Hard 4.

[@thelisanalgaib9702]

now for the video calling out entire companies for blaming the fans for a movie's or show's failure: Disney/Marvel/Lucas

[@David-mg1yj]

Your terrible mispronunciation of the name "Preminger", hurts my ears. Otto will be turning in his grave.

[@JohnMack-s7x]

The first Alien movie was good because Weaver looked great in her underwear and the Alien was cool. All the sequels were worse and they were SJW girl power.

[@obredaanps3]

Modern incels such as yourself remind me of a time when films could be enjoyed by everyone before the incel snowflakes made everything about their insecurities and dislike of women.

[@NWAWskeptic]

@@obredaanps3exactly. They are the worst of humanity.

[@Jono4174]

Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver 😂 you made me look up her initials

[@Kwippy]

Many big-budget flops were due to weak story/script more than anything. No amout of acting talent can make up for nonsensical story with more plot holes than plot. Tell me again why Hollywood writers deserved a pay rise?

[@jeffbebe5085]

Tony Randall said Marilyn Monroe was quote "Gorgeous but a terrible terrible actress" lol lol lol .......... even then. If you were hot you got the part. No secret Marilyn admitted to the casting couch. She said they all did it but she said she slept with almost every producer she wanted to get a apart. That is the golden age of Hollywood.

[@sherrybowen4432]

How did Tony Randall account for his career?