20 Most Awkward Movie Sets

Oh the glamour…

By Josh WinningJul 14th 2011
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Faye Dunaway vs. Roman Polanski

The Movie Set: Polanski’s 1974 masterpiece Chinatown, in which Faye Dunaway gave great smoulder opposite Jack Nicholson’s busted-nose investigator.

The Awkward: It started with Dunaway attempting to understand the motivations of her character. When she asked her director for, uh, direction, he reportedly merely yelled: “Say the fucking words. Your salary is your motivation!”

Worse still, when one of the actress’ stray hairs threatened to ruin a shot, Polanski plucked the offending strand from Dunaway’s head without even considering calling in make-up.

Dunaway got her own back when, after her director refused to let her take a loo break, she threw a coffee cup full of urine in his face. Polanski’s later description of his lead actress as “a gigantic pain in the ass” seems fitting.

Kiss And Make Up? Dunaway refuses to address the stories about Chinatown’s troubled production. When one Guardian journalist dared ask her about it, she flew into a rage.

“I think you've brought up something that is so distasteful,” she told him. “You know very well, I am a lady and you were completely insulting.” Didn’t really help her case any, did it?

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    • Hadouken76

      Jul 14th 2011, 9:26

      Val Kilmer Vs Everyone hes ever worked with!

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    • ChrisWootton

      Jul 14th 2011, 9:45

      Polanski actually plucked a hair from Dunaways head? What a b*****d!!!!

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    • olsquareeyes

      Jul 14th 2011, 13:09

      Don't mean to be pedantic, but the title of the movie is Any Given Sunday. No SATC3? Is that a promise?

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    • Toursiveu

      Jul 14th 2011, 14:18

      What about Sean Connery vs. director Stephen Norrington on the set of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? I think those two almost came to blows on set... Or Nick Nolte vs. Julia Roberts on I Love Trouble...

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    • Toursiveu

      Jul 14th 2011, 14:18

      What about Sean Connery vs. director Stephen Norrington on the set of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? I think those two almost came to blows on set... Or Nick Nolte vs. Julia Roberts on I Love Trouble...

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    • bucturgidson

      Jul 15th 2011, 23:46

      Lake of Fire by Tony Kaye is not "DTV garbage"

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    • ScottFree

      Jul 17th 2011, 12:14

      that's true...! it's even worse then DTV garbage....

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    • ScottFree

      Jul 17th 2011, 12:14

      that's true...! it's even worse then DTV garbage....

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    • chrissojo

      Mar 22nd 2013, 22:19

      Is this the child rapist director? What a classy industry.

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    • lolthisismyname

      Mar 23rd 2013, 0:26

      That's pretty awesome actually. Roman Polanksi is a piece of sh**. You hear what he did to that little girl?

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