Wes Anderson spoke to The Sunday Times about the infamous set tension that existed on the set of 2001’s “The Royal Tenenbaums” due to Gene Hackman, who passed away in April. Bill Murray spoke to the Associated Press in the wake of Hackman’s death and said “he was really difficult” on set.
“Gene was very annoyed about the money,” Anderson now revealed. “He was furious. Also, he didn’t want to do the film anyway. I talked him into it — I just didn’t go away. And everybody else said yes to the salary, so Gene just went with it — and that just became our way.”
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