When Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were haphazardly thrown together by a studio in crisis, neither man’s career was going particularly well. Stan Laurel had come to Hollywood with the intention of mimicking the success of his former theater buddy Charlie Chaplin, but wasn’t all that skilled in physical comedy. Oliver Hardy had similar dreams, but his size had led to him being typecast and rarely used as anything more than a foil for a larger name. But the moment the pair became co-stars, they skyrocketed to stardom.
The story of Laurel and Hardy is one of many Hollywood examples of an actor being weak as an individual but a bonafide star in double act. From Laurel and Hardy rose such cinematic pairings as John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, Woody
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“Kiefer Sutherland was the most unprofessional dude in the world”, he said during a 2014 interview. “I hated every moment.” According to Prinze, the success of 24 had made Sutherland such an egomaniac that he insisted any male cast member who was taller than he was had to remove their shoes before filming a scene with him.
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Over the past couple of years, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day star Bill Murray has become something of an internet celebrity owing to his farcical nice guy antics. When on set, however, Murray has earned a reputation for being something of a curmudgeon, and actress Lucy Liu experienced his wrath in full when starring alongside him in the 2000 adaptation of Charlie’s Angels.
Murray, a professional to the very bitter end, was thoroughly unimpressed by Liu’s acting talents and had no problem telling her so. Over the course of filming, the Caddyshack star frequently reminded Liu that he had no confidence in her ability and believed that her involvement in the film would lead to it failing. When speaking about his disdain for Liu several years after Charlie’s Angels was released, Murray explained, “I will dismiss you completely if you are unprofessional and working with