Wes Anderson recently revealed that Gene Hackman was “furious” for the payment of The real teneboums.
For not versed, the late American actor represented the role of Royal O’Reilly Tenenbaum, the family patriarch in The reais tenebaums, which was Anderson’s third drama movie as director.
In a talk with The Sunday TimesThe 56-year-old American filmmaker, who was 23 in 2001, reflected on the infamous tension that existed on the set of the 2001 comedy movie The real teneboums Due to the late actor Hackman, who left the set without saying goodbye.
Anderson shared: “Gene was very upset by money. I was furious. Besides, I didn’t want to make the movie anyway. I convinced him, I just didn’t leave. And everyone else said yes to the salary, so Gene simply went with that, and that became our way.”
The Oscar winner admitted that he did not contacted Hackman after the premiere of the film, emphasizing: “It is not a word” who shared and “in fact he left without saying goodbye. He was growl, we had friction. He did not enjoy it. He was probably too young and was annoying for him.”
Anderson also mentioned that he spent for the last time with Hackman when the movie opened, highlighting that “he liked.”
“But he told me that I did not understand when we were shooting. I would like to have shown him ten minutes from the beginning. Then, perhaps, he would have said: ‘ok, I understand it'”, the director of Asteroid city noted.
It is pertinent to mention that apart from Gene Hackman, The real teneboums He had an cast cast, including Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and more.
