Yeti4623

What are some movies that turn out way differently than the actor was expecting?

I heard an interview where Zach Galligan mentioned he felt like he was making a kick-ass action movie with Gremlins, but it turned out to be a weird Twilght Zone-ish horror comedy.

arminius

Caligula, Malcolm was not the only one surprised.

AaronHernandez

Charlton Heston thought he was making a religious film when he signed on and was upset when Ben-Hur turned out to be homoerotic fan fiction.

Hokeyboy

"tonely"...

TomOpus

I'm sure many actors that signed onto an Adam Sandler movie thought it would be a comedy.

Michael Corvin

Not sure if this qualifies but Jim Carey signing on for an extremely violent hard R action movie and decrying the violence after filming was done and the check was in the bank. Especially considering it was a sequel. He had a prior picture to base his decision on taking the role. I still haven't seen Kick Ass 2 but fuck that guy.

Josh-da-man

When Gary Oldman was filming The Contender, he apparently didn't realize that he was playing the villain.

wm lopez

Al Pacino with 1980s' CRUISING and 1985s' REVOLUTION .

Mr. Salty

He had his change of heart ofter the Sandy Hook school shooting, which happened after he'd made the movie. You may not agree with his decision, but at least get your facts straight about why he made it.

And I second the mention of "Caligula."

Michael Corvin

I know why he had a change of heart but that doesn't make it any less absurd. His little R rated comic book movie doesn't mean shit in the scope of things.

If he was so moved by SH then donate his paycheck to the victims or charity. Turn it into a pulpit on the publicity tour. Blasting your own movie after you cashed the check is beyond hypocritical.

DthRdrX

Yet he has this in production. Chances are Jim was looking for publicity.

Groucho

I'll Do Anything -- was filmed as a musical, but come release time all the musical numbers were cut out.

orangerunner

I heard Mulholland Drive was shot as a completely different TV movie to acquire the funding for it.

The network dropped it and then David Lynch used the footage (along with shooting additional footage) for his real purpose and made the film he wanted to make.

Troy Stiffler

I don't have a problem with fictional violence and gun toting. But I have a big problem with real violence.

Numanoid

* tonally

Numanoid

Everyone in little Danny Lloyd's life, including Stanley Kubrick, outright LIED to him about what kind of movie The Shining was. Those bastards!

Numanoid

Not really true. He shot the pilot with the intention of making a TV show. It wasn't bought, so he turned lemons into lemonade and used the footage as the basis for a film. There is no evidence to support he was being deceptive.

Mr. Salty

Just because it's about a heist doesn't mean it's violent.

Another movie to add to the list would be "World War Z." The last 40 minutes was supposed to be a big action set piece set in Moscow, with Brad Pitt's character trying to get back to his wife. That was all jettisoned.

JumpCutz

Cruising is a masterpiece compared to Revolution. Actually Cruising is a masterpiece compared to most films.

jacob_b

And you know that he doesn't donate money for gun safety organizations and the people that were affected by Sandy how? Celebrities donate money all the time to charities and don't outright brag about it.

inri222

Michael Corvin

I don't but that's kinda my point. He's such an ass he possibly put the box office on the line to focus on the negative, when he could have spun it as a positive. "I don't agree with the violence in the film, but I donated x to so and so charity and I urge others to do the same."

It just rubbed me the wrong way. It just felt like a "I'm bigger than the movie and everyone else involved in it / look at me" ego trip. He could have just as easily kept his mouth shut until the movie had run its course and quietly donated or done something personal for Sandy Hook if he was so invested in it.

Josh-da-man

Agreed.

And, if you watch Mulholland Drive it becomes really apparent that it was indeed a pilot for a television show that was repurposed into a film. There are a lot of dead end plotlines in the first hour or so and there's nothing there that couldn't be shown on television, and then it turns on a dime and there's a ton of sex and most of the characters and plot points are abandoned.

inri222

http://www.davidlynch.de/forster.html

Dear Mr. Robert Forster (or dear webmaster),

wold you be so nice to tell me about your role in David Lynch`s
Mulholland Drive?
It is rumoured to be screened at this year`s Cannes festival.

Which character did you play in Mulholland Drive?

Where you involved in shooting the new alternate ending?

Do you know the direction the series would have taken after the pilot?

Have you seen the finished film already?

To be honest, I wouldn`t keep your anwers for myself, but rather share
it with others (the visitors of my website, www.davidlynch.de).

Thank you for your time.
I wish you all the best.

Yours,
Hans Heydebreck

Hello Hans,

Robert played one of the detectives (a cameo). We have not seen the
finished film, and don't have information about the direction the series
would have taken, but we greatly enjoyed working with David Lynch, and are
admirers of his.

Thanks and regards,
Kate Forster

majorjoe23

Tonely tubular!