Wes Anderson reveals that Gene Hackman was ‘furious’ on ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ set

Wes Anderson shares Gene Hackman’s unpleasant behavior on ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ set

Wes Anderson recently revealed that Gene Hackman was “furious” over the payment of Royal Tenenbaums.

For the unwarterized depicted the deceased American actor the role of Royal O’Reilly Tenenbaum, the family’s patriarch in Royal Tenenbaums, Which was Anderson’s third drama film as director.

In a talk with Sunday TimesThe 56-year-old American filmmaker, who was 23 years old in 2001, reflected on the infamous tension that existed in the set of the 2001-comedy drama Royal Tenenbaums Because of the late actor Hackman who left the set without saying goodbye.

Anderson shared, “Gene was very annoyed at the money. He was furious. He didn’t want to do the movie anyway. I talked to him in it – I just didn’t go away. And everyone else said yes to the salary, so Gene just went with it – and it just became our way.”

The Oscar winner continued to admit that he did not contact Hackman after the film’s premiere, stressed, “not a word”, they shared, and “in fact he left without saying goodbye. He was grumpy-we had friction. He didn’t enjoy it. I was probably too young and it was annoying to him.”

Anderson also mentioned that he last spoke with Hackman when the movie opened and emphasized that “he liked it.”

“But he told me he didn’t understand it when we shoot. I wish I had shown him ten minutes, early Asteroid City noted.

It is relevant to mention it other than Gene Hackman, Royal Tenenbaums Had an ensemble crew, including Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and more.

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