{"id":575172,"date":"2025-11-17T00:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/575172\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T00:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:53:17","slug":"the-one-actor-dennis-hopper-called-a-little-shit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/575172\/","title":{"rendered":"The one actor Dennis Hopper called a “little shit”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Credits: Far Out \/ Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

Sun 16 November 2025 20:15, UK <\/p>\n

Dennis Hopper<\/a> was pretty wild, but for all the drugs he snorted and bizarre scrapes he got himself into, he still took filmmaking incredibly seriously. <\/p>\n

He was highly dedicated to the creation of Easy Rider, his directorial debut, even if he was high the whole time he made it, and with Out of the Blue, he made a drama so depressing yet beautifully-crafted; his talents couldn\u2019t have been clearer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Performances in the likes of Apocalypse Now, and of course Blue Velvet<\/a>, demonstrated his propensity for challenging roles, which he gravitated towards and executed with ease. Hopper was an expert of his craft, whether that be acting or filmmaking, and he didn\u2019t mess about when it got down to the nitty gritty aspects of working on a movie. <\/p>\n

Sure, Hopper might have been found wandering about naked on acid in the jungle<\/a>, and he even attempted Russian Roulette, but all of that was how he took time off from his busy schedule. When it came to work, he at least dedicated himself to each project \u2013 even if he did so in a rather unconventional way. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it wound him up when others didn\u2019t take the work seriously \u2013 especially if they were working alongside him. That was exactly the case when Hopper directed Don Johnson in The Hot Spot, and the experience left him in the right mood. Johnson clearly wasn\u2019t all that fussed about the film once it was wrapped, refusing to promote it until he\u2019d seen whether the critics were on board. Miserable way to go about it, really \u2013 and Hopper wasn\u2019t one to keep his frustrations to himself.<\/p>\n

Talking to the Toronto Sun, he explained, \u201cHe says he\u2019s not going to do anything for this picture until he reads the reviews. I wish him the best, but the other side of this is that he\u2019s a little shit because he should be here today.\u201d <\/p>\n

Johnson should\u2019ve shown up \u2013 it\u2019s the least he could do considering that he was the lead actor. The Hot Spot actually received pretty good reviews in the end, but Johnson already had his excuse prepared. He claimed that he couldn\u2019t focus his attention on promoting the film because he was too busy working on Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Hopper wasn\u2019t convinced. <\/p>\n

Comparing Johnson to the character in the movie, who gets up to no good, he said, \u201cHe is that guy. He\u2019s an amoral drifter who\u2019s going to blackmail you, man, take what he can get and do what he wants. So he\u2019s right for the part\u2026 All these things aggravate me.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all being said and done, though, Hopper knew that Johnson was right for the part, \u201cAt the same time, I\u2019m glad he\u2019s in the movie. I think he\u2019s wonderful.\u201d <\/p>\n

So, he might not have shown up in the way that he should, but at least he delivered the right performance for the movie, which had been in the works for a while. The screenplay had been penned all the way back in 1962 by author Charles Williams \u2013 based on his book of the same name \u2013 and in Hopper\u2019s hands, the movie finally came to life.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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