Some completely missed the mark
Actors can be hard to please and are often unhappy with various aspects of a particular production, script, or character. In some cases, they even end up insisting that something be changed until directors eventually give in to keep them happy.
In the following gallery, go behind the scenes of some of your favorite movies to discover which actors changed the outcome of a movie by demanding things go their way!
A report from The Wall Street Journal counted all the words Keanu Reeves said in 'John Wick: Chapter 4' and found that in 169 minutes he utters only 380 words of dialogue—almost a third of which consists of just one-word lines like, "Yeah"—but director Chad Stahelski says it was the actor's own choice. Stahelski revealed that Wick doesn’t have a lot of dialogue because “Mr. Reeves stripped out roughly half the dialogue written for his character in the initial script.”
As it stands, the longest line of dialogue that Reeves has is in a scene with co-star Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays Shimazu Koji, where Wick says, “You and I left a good life behind a long time ago, my friend." To be fair, Reeves does a whole lot without words in the film, which also experienced a huge box office debut regardless of his lack of dialogue.
Another Samuel L. Jackson demand that sparked a change occurred with 'Snakes on a Plane.'
When film executives wanted to change the name to 'Pacific Air Flight 121,' Jackson intervened and convinced them to leave it as 'Snakes on a Plane.'
He also convinced the studio to add more violence and bump the movie up to an R rating.
Robert Downey Jr., who plays Iron Man in the film, was unimpressed by the original ending.
After the near defeat of the Chitauri at the end of the movie, Tony Stark was supposed to just say, "What's next?," and then the credits would roll.
In the novels, Buttercup the cat is described as "hideous-looking" and is supposed to be yellow and dirty.
At the end of the movie, Bryce Dallas Howard's character somehow manages to outrun a T-Rex in heels, causing critics to complain that it was unrealistic.
Tom Cruise made some pretty hefty demands when he signed on for 'The Mummy.' One of his demands included complete creative control of the process, from the script to the marketing of the movie.
He also demanded having more screen time than the mummy. All of his demands were met and the movie was a flop. Coincidence?
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Actors can be hard to please and are often unhappy with various aspects of a particular production, script, or character. In some cases, they even end up insisting that something be changed until directors eventually give in to keep them happy.
In the following gallery, go behind the scenes of some of your favorite movies to discover which actors changed the outcome of a movie by demanding things go their way!