Kathleen Turner says that Burt Reynolds's sexist commentary started the 30 -year -old quarrel
The old co-stars exchanged beards for decades.
Burt Reynolds And Kathleen Turner were two of the largest movie stars in the 80s , but it seems that it is almost everything they had in common. The actors did not agree when they were thrown in front of the other in the Romantic Comedy of 1988 Switching channels , and the animosity between them did not apparently fade. Turner and Reynolds were in a quarrel This extended over more than 30 years, the two stars still rubbing decades after their confrontation on the set. As for the way the fight started? Turner said that Reynolds had made him a sexist comment at the start of the shoot that set the tone for their working relationship. Read the rest to discover what late Issuance Star would have said to his love interest on the screen and how their quarrel continued to play publicly even after Reynolds' death in 2018.
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They played in a His daughter Friday redo.
Switching channels is based on the 1928 piece The first page , which was also adapted in a 1931 film of the same name and the 1940s His daughter Friday . Reynolds played the director of news from a Chicago news station, while Turner played his ex-wife Christy, who is still working for the station as a journalist. When Christy returns from vacation announcing her plans to leave her job and marry his new boyfriend Blaine ( Christopher Reeve ), his ex-husband concocts a series of patterns to prevent it. Switching channels I have mixed reviews And was not a hit at the box office. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Reynolds was sunk at the last minute.
The role played by Reynolds was originally supposed to go to Michael Caine . In fact, the English actor was on board and had even made some rehearsals with Turner but had a time conflict. Filming on his previous film, Jaws: revenge , went for a long time (due to technical difficulties on sharks, of course), and they could not push filming to Switching channels Back because Turner was pregnant. Reynolds was brought to the last-minute replacement of Caine, to the disappointment of his co-star.
"I was supposed to make the film with Michael Caine. Good choice, right?" Turner said On a 2019 episode of Look at what's going on live with Andy Cohen . "Well, Michael Caine was caught Jaws 4, The shark continued to break down, and therefore I was pregnant and I had a stop date, but he did not do it. So we turned everything we could without him, then finally the producer went and hired Burt Whatshisface. ""
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She said he had made a sexist remark towards her.
In a 2018 interview with Vulture, Turner highlighted why She and Reynolds were so in disagreement When they worked together.
"Working with Burt Reynolds was terrible," said the 69 -year -old man. "The first day, Burt came, he made me cry. He said something about not taking second place to a woman. His behavior was shocking. He never came to my mind that I was not equal. I left the room to sob. I called my husband and said: "I don't know what to do". He said: "You just do the job". had to be very hostile because the crew started to take sides. But as for the performance, I was able to put the negativity aside. I am not convinced that Burt was. "
Reynolds has denied Turner's game.
In his own appearance on Whhl In 2018, Reynolds criticized Turner During a "pleading the fifth" match. When host Andy Cohen asked him, "Who was the most overrated actor in the 1970s and 80s?" Reynolds replied: "Kathleen Turner."
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She called her his worst kiss on the screen.
Reynolds died later in 2018, but that did not make Turner more inclined to come back with emotion to their collaboration. Cohen reminded him Whhl in November 2019 that she had previously appointed Body heat co-star W Illiam injured Like his favorite kiss on the screen. Asked who worse On the screen was, Turner replied: "Oh, it should be Burt Reynolds," adding "he sucked".
Reeve also regretted the film.
In his Autobiography 1998 Me again , Reeve wrote that he was also hoping to work with Caine Switching channels And that the Alfie Star involvement was one of its main reasons to participate in the share. While he did not express the same aversion to Reynolds as Turner has, the delay Superman The actor said that he had felt during the shooting he "would laugh at himself" with the awkward role.
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