{"id":25588,"date":"2025-04-16T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/25588\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:50:12","slug":"the-one-actor-bette-davis-never-wanted-to-work-with-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/25588\/","title":{"rendered":"The one actor Bette Davis never wanted to work with again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bette<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Alexander Kahle)<\/p>\n

Tue 15 April 2025 22:15, UK <\/p>\n

Bette Davis<\/a> was a true star, dominating Hollywood during its golden years with her powerful performances in everything from Jezebel to All About Eve to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Both on and off-screen, however, she was frequently labelled a \u2018diva\u2019, a term rather misogynistically used to describe women who knew what they wanted and didn\u2019t hold back on their opinions.<\/p>\n

While many male actors were just as demanding or perfectionistic, it was typically only female stars who were left with the title of being a diva<\/a>, and Davis was one of the most notorious. She didn\u2019t believe in watering herself down for the public eye, and she famously feuded with various stars, most notably Joan Crawford, her What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? co-star. <\/p>\n

The actor clashed with Davis<\/a> to the point of comic ridiculousness, with it being rumoured that Davis had harsh words to say when Crawford died. She reportedly said: \u201cYou should never say bad things about the dead; you should only say good\u2026 Joan Crawford is dead. Good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crawford\u2019s abusive treatment of her daughter is explored in the 1981 film by Frank Perry, Mommie Dearest, with Faye Dunaway playing the iconic actor. Coincidentally, Dunaway is the one star that you couldn\u2019t have paid Davis to work with again after acting alongside her in 1976\u2019s The Disappearance of Aimee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davis, being the outspoken person she was, didn\u2019t hold back in telling Johnny Carson why she hated working with Dunaway in a 1988 interview. When asked who she wouldn\u2019t work with again, Davis instantly answered, \u201cOne million dollars, Faye Dunaway. Everybody you could put in this chair will tell you exactly the same thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

The actor continued, \u201cWell, she\u2019s just totally impossible. I don\u2019t think we have the time to go into all the reasons,\u201d calling her \u201cuncooperative\u201d. Davis, who had her fair share of experience when it came to working with other actors, explained that \u201cMiss Dunaway is for Miss Dunaway\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the pair shot The Disappearance of Aimee together, Davis couldn\u2019t help but feel as though Dunaway had no regard for anyone else, holding up production by being late, even leading to Davis performing some musical numbers for everyone while they waited. \u201cShe\u2019s very unprofessional,\u201d Davis said, calling her a \u201cdifficult woman\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even when Carson called Davis a \u201ctrue professional,\u201d she couldn\u2019t help but chime in with, \u201cThat is really what she isn\u2019t.\u201d Making extras wait around for hours and turning up without knowing her lines were just some of the things that Dunaway reportedly did during filming, leaving Davis disgusted by her co-star\u2019s behaviour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only five years later, Dunaway would play Crawford in Mommie Dearest, a movie that came to be considered both a cult classic and one of the worst movies of all time. Davis maintained her negative opinion of Dunaway, calling her \u201cself-centred\u201d in an interview with Larry King, emphasising the actor\u2019s lack of professionalism. In another interview with Gary Collins, she even called Dunaway \u201cthe most inconsiderate woman I have ever worked with\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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