Diane Kruger say , " [ Working with my costar ] kind of suck up . He ’s dead , so I can say that . But he was n’t the most pleasant person . "
Like any other employees, actors are expected to act professionally. Sometimes, however, they leave their costars with a bad taste in their mouth.
Here are 15 times actors name-dropped their worst costars:
1.In 2014,Freddie Prinze Jr. toldABC News, “I did24. It was terrible. I hated every moment of it. Kiefer [Sutherland] was the most unprofessional dude in the world. That’s not me talking trash, I’d say it to his face. I think everyone that’s worked with him has said that. I just wanted to quit the business after that. So, I just sort of stopped.”
2.In 2016,Diane KrugertoldBuzzFeedthat herTroycostar Peter O’Toole “wasn’t very pleasant.”
3.In 2020,Samantha Marie Warereplied to a tweet herGleecostarLea Michelemade about the death ofGeorge Floydand the Black Lives Matter movement. Samantha said, “LMAO REMEMBER WHEN YOU MADE MY FIRST TELEVISON GIG A LIVING HELL?!?! CAUSE ILL NEVER FORGET. I BELIEVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF TOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD ‘SHIT IN MY WIG!’ AMONGST OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGRESSIONS THAT MADE ME QUESTION A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD.”
4.On a 2023 episode of her podcastBitch Sesh,Casey Wilsonsaid that herThe Santa Clausescostar Tim Allen was “such a bitch” to work with. She also said it was the “worst, truly single worst experience [she’s] ever had with a costar ever.”
5.In anInstagram storyahead of the release of her 2024 memoirRebel Rising, Rebel Wilson alleged that an “asshole” celebrity was “trying to threaten” her over a chapter and “trying to stop press coming out about [her] new book.” The next day, sherevealedthe “asshole” in question was herThe Brothers Grimsbycostar Sacha Baron Cohen.
7.In his 2014 memoirNeil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harrisreportedlycalled hisPurple People Eatercostar Dustin Diamond “one of the more unpleasant people in show business.”
8.In 2016, Viola Davis toldEntertainment Weeklythat herSuicide Squadcostar Jared Leto — who stayed in character as the Joker — gifted her a box of bullets. She said, “It was a little worrisome. It made you a little bit nervous, and I’m pretty tough. You know, I got into a few fights when I was growing up…but it scared me a little bit.”
9.In 2007, Tyrese Gibson toldElle, “[MyAnnapoliscostar]James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we’d have to get in the ring for boxing scenes, and even during practice, the dude was full-on hitting me. I was always like, ‘James, lighten up, man. We’re just practicing.’ He never lightened up.”
10.In 2018, Alice Wetterlundtweeted, “I hope to not ruin it for you, but [mySilicon Valleycostar] TJ Miller was a bully and petulant brat and pretty much everyone who had any power on that (almost all male) set, including the male cast members, enabled him and were complicit in his unprofessionalism. They can fuck off forever.”
11.OnCommunity, Chevy Chase reportedly made frequent attempts to disrupt Donald Glover’s scenes by making racial jokes out of jealousy. In 2018, Donald told theNew Yorker, “I don’t even worry about it. I just saw Chevy as fighting time — a true artist has to be okay with his reign being over. I can’t help him if he’s thrashing in the water. But I know there’s a human in there somewhere — he’s almost too human.”
12.Appearing on the radio showNo Filter Nehain 2020, Taapsee Pannu reportedly said one of her worst co-stars was Jacqueline Fernandez. She said, “She has [a] so freaking hot body because I was struggling to match up to her inJudwaa 2.”
13.OnNo Filter Neha, Taapsee Pannu also name-dropped herManmarziyaanandDunkicostar Vicky Kaushal as one of her worst costars.
14.In 1993, Julia Roberts told theNew York TimesherI Love Troublecostar Nick Nolte was “completely disgusting.” She said, “He’s going to hate me for saying this, but he seems [to] go out of his way to repel people. He’s a kick.”
15.And finally, in 2017, Kim Cattrall called out herSex and the Citycostar Sarah Jessica Parker amidst the cancellation ofSATC 3. On the ITV seriesLife Stories, she told Piers Morgan, “I don’t feel like a victim. I feel like I came out of this on top. This has given me a fantastic platform. Sarah Jessica, she could have been nicer, she could have in some way. I don’t know what her issue is. I never have.”
