
It turns out not only was I wrong, but today is the day Bronson Pinchot makes it to PLP. I'm sure he's somewhere right now celebrating! Anyways, this is a
very fascinating interview -
an absolute must read.
Bronson Pinchot has had an extremely long career in the industry. Though he's not a household name, he's got serious credits to backup the following information. In short, he dishes on some big time celebrities - and he's telling the truth. Thanks to
Crazy Days & Nights for distilling the juicer parts of the article.
Click here for the full thing. Read on:
[Bronson Pinchot on Tom Cruise - Tom had picked up this knack
of calling everyone by their character names, because that would probably make
your performance better, and I don't agree with that. I think that acting is
acting, and the rest of the time, you should be you, but he called us all by
our character names. He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated
homophobic comments, like, "You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay
people there?" I mean, his lingo was larded with the most... There was no basis
for it. It was like, "It's a nice day, I'm glad there are no gay people
standing here." Very, very strange.


Bronson Pinchot on Eddie Murphy - I
remember somebody calling and saying, "You'll never guess who was just caught
with a transvestite!" [Laughs.] And I remember thinking that seemed fitting,
because there are certain people in showbiz who make it an agenda, every third
sentence has to have something knocking that life choice, and you think, "What
are you doing?"


Bronson Pinchot on Tom Hanks - He's always been a delightful
person, so it's not really true that big stars need to be driven and repulsive,
because he's anything but.


Bronson Pinchot on Denzel Washington - That was a
low point, because Denzel Washington was behind the incredibly cowardly
bullshit of "This is my character, not me." He was really abusive to me and
everybody on that movie, and his official explanation was that his character
didn't like me, but it was a dreadful experience. Denzel Washington cured me
forever of thinking that there is any amount of money or anything that could
ever, ever make it okay to be abused. The script supervisor on that movie said
it's like watching somebody kick a puppy. He was so vile. And after that, I
just would never endure it again.


Bronson Pinchot on Bette Midler - (talking
about First Wives Club and how she treated the director) Yes, because Bette
Midler was such a bitch to him. While he was directing, she would be rolling
her eyes, pantomiming with her favorite actors, and she made it very difficult.
And he was at his wit's end.


Then to top things off,
Bronson actually made me
feel very sorry for
Mischa Barton. Bronson was talking about how his character
had to make Mischa cry. Mischa was playing a model and so she told Bronson to
talk about her hips and ass and that would make her cry. She said, "If you talk
about my ass, it'll make me cry." So I did, and I wasn't loving it--I don't love
that stuff--but she felt that it was important for me, so we did like 20 takes
where I made comments about her ass, and then she cried, and then we all went
home. It wasn't my favorite day in filmmaking. I felt a little dirty, but
that's what was asked of me. She was a very sweet kid, actually. Rather brave
in a way, because I asked her what she wanted me to do, and she said, "Talk
about my hips and my ass, that'll make me cry." And it's like, "Yikes. Well, at
least I have it from the horse's mouth."]
Wow! This made my day - it's always interesting to get the real scoop. Thanks, Bronson!