Being a famous actor in a movie or TV show seems like it would be everyone's dream job, and that everyone involved would work in perfect harmony. What could the rich and famous possibly have to complain about, right? Wrong!
There have been plenty of instances in show business when one fellow actor, or even director, is getting on someone's nerves enough to push them to quit, or try to be fired.
I've quit jobs for less.
Before even filming Mel Gibson's movie, Berserker, audio tapes of a recorded conversation with Mel and his girlfriend were leaked.
He, among other things —admitted to hitting his girlfriend and threatened her multiple times, saying he'd burn down her house.
Being the great guy that he is, Leo knew that he couldn't affiliate himself with Mel, going forward, and quit the movie before it could even begin.
Chris opened up about why he left the HBO series Girls, saying that he didn't feel like Lena Dunham's writing was realistic or relatable for him.
Taylor Momsen, who played Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, allegedly quit the show because fellow costars were complaining that she was a pain to work with.
"I thought to myself, 'Why are we being held hostage by this brat?" he said.
Preach!
In the first three seasons of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Aunt Viv was played by Janet Hubert.
Upon leaving the show, she called Will Smith the "antichrist" and "a snotty-nosed punk."
Saying that she wanted the comedy to be "The Aunt Viv of Bel Air Show" because she had been in the biz longer, and deserved it.
The "snotty-nosed punk" made it pretty far.
Stana left the show Castle, which was later canceled, because of her ongoing feud with her costar, Nathan Fillion.
A source told US Weekly "Stana and Nathan completely despise each other," adding: "They will not speak when they are off set, and this has been going on for seasons now."
Considering how poorly Sex And The City 2 was received, I'm surprised there was ever even talk of a third! Maybe it was all for the best.
Allegedly the two had a ton of friction on set, and just couldn't seem to click.
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were costars on the show, but after Bette Davis and the director were rumored to be sleeping together, causing Joan to feel forgotten about, she wanted out.
Although Naya didn't actually end up quitting Glee, because it ended just in time.
Her feud with Lea Michele was just starting to come to a boil.
According to Naya, the two didn't speak to each other at all during the final season.
The show came to an end before should could actually quit, working out in her favor.
Her days of working alongside Lea Michele, are now long over.
Costar, Tori Spelling, particularly found Shannen's diva tendencies to be annoying.
She requested that her father, the show's director, have Shannen's character, Brenda, written off the show.
Coincidentally (or maybe not), Tiffani-Amber Theissen had some a very similar look to Shannen, even though she was playing an entirely new character, Valerie.
"You can't act" Bill allegedly said to Lucy, on set, resulting in Lucy attacking Bill, and having to be physically pulled apart.
While this story hasn't been exactly confirmed, Bill was not apart of the Charlie's Angels sequel.
In the end, Bill Murray was replaced by Bernie Mac, who did an excellent job portraying Bosley.
Isaiah Washington, who played Dr. Preston Burke, was overheard using homophobic slurs, directed at T.R Knight, who played George O'Malley.
This, as well as her fued with the show's writers, caused Katherine to quit the show, as well as Isaiah.
Allegedly, Adam Sandler's movie script for The Ridiculous 6 crossed some serious lines, making inappropriate and racist jokes about Native American women.
"I told the director if he had talked to a native woman the way they were talked to in this movie — I said I would knock his [expletive] out." said one of the extras.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, only 32% of the people who watched this movie actually liked it.
Yikes!
During a scene, the director told Jessica her crying looked "too real," requested that she cry prettier, and said that tears could be added using CGI.
Ultimately, after filming this movie, Jessica said she wanted to quit acting altogether.
The director of The Notebook revealed that initially, Ryan tried to have Rachel fired from the film, claiming they didn't have any on-set chemistry.
Could've fooled me!
Who would have thought that this beloved, go-to date-night movie, started out with Noah trying to get Allie fired?!
“I can’t. I can’t do it with her. I’m just not getting anything from this." Ryan told the director.
