These Actors Behaved Like Children While Shooting Movies

Gene Hackman Wasn’t So Royal With The Tenenbaums

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Gene Hackman may look like a gentleman, but he was apparently a monster while filming the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He was verbally abusive to everyone on set, and no one was brave enough to stand up to him. At one point he even told Anderson to “pull up your pants and act like a man.”

Anderson has taken some of the blame for Hackman’s behavior. He admitted to hounding Hackman to take the role for 18 months. That’s not an excuse to be excessively mean, though. Thank goodness Bill Murray was on set, even when he wasn’t needed, to make sure everyone was okay.