I do not agree with her

@DRDMovieMusings said:

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/horror-film-jamie-lee-curtis-regrets-ever-starring-unbelievably-bad-movie.html/

I don't always agree with actors who pan their own movies, but I'm willing to bet JLC is right in this one.

I haven't seen this movie, so I can't say. Perhaps, one day, I will.

If anyone's seen it, do you agree with her?

Worse than the body swap movie she did with Lindsay Lohan?

@Adammm said:

@DRDMovieMusings said:

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/horror-film-jamie-lee-curtis-regrets-ever-starring-unbelievably-bad-movie.html/

I don't always agree with actors who pan their own movies, but I'm willing to bet JLC is right in this one.

I haven't seen this movie, so I can't say. Perhaps, one day, I will.

If anyone's seen it, do you agree with her?

Worse than the body swap movie she did with Lindsay Lohan?

You may personally not have liked Freaky Friday but it currently has a respectable 65% rating here on TMDb and paid a very decent $6.18 (vs. Virus paying an abysmal $0.41).

And both Curtis and Lohan have been attached to a sequel currently entitled Freaky Friday 2, suggesting they enjoyed the project and figure a sequel is worth doing.

So, I'd imagine that, yeah, in her mind, Virus is worse.

I haven't seen this but now I'm curious. Often when actors publicly hate a movie it's because they had a bad experience on set, or other personal reasons, and it's not nearly as bad as they made it look (as with Lazenby rejecting On Her Majesty's Secret Service, or Mel Gibson calling Million Dollar Hotel "as boring as a dog's a$$" 😂). It usually reflects more poorly on the actor being disinterested, rather than the production itself.

One notable exception is Faye Dunaway's hate for the film Mommie Dearest. She was hoping her role would honor Joan Crawford and provide "a window into a tortured soul" but was appalled at the end result which made Crawford (and herself) look batshiz crazy.

@rooprect said:

I haven't seen this but now I'm curious. Often when actors publicly hate a movie it's because they had a bad experience on set, or other personal reasons, and it's not nearly as bad as they made it look (as with Lazenby rejecting On Her Majesty's Secret Service, or Mel Gibson calling Million Dollar Hotel "as boring as a dog's a$$" 😂). It usually reflects more poorly on the actor being disinterested, rather than the production itself.

Yep. I believe Morgan Freeman did not like The Bonfire of the Vanities. But I loved it (and, yes, I read the book, and loved it too).

One notable exception is Faye Dunaway's hate for the film Mommie Dearest. She was hoping her role would honor Joan Crawford and provide "a window into a tortured soul" but was appalled at the end result which made Crawford (and herself) look batshiz crazy.

That's interesting. Outsiders like me don't appreciate how much of a surprise the final cut is to actors. Sure, they're on set...but scenes are not always shot in order, depending on logistics, permits, availability, etc...) And scenes may go through umpteen takes, and the actors never know which will make the cut at all. So, when they go to the pre-screening, they really are watching "the movie" — as edited — for the first time.

@DRDMovieMusings said:

@rooprect said:

One notable exception is Faye Dunaway's hate for the film Mommie Dearest. She was hoping her role would honor Joan Crawford and provide "a window into a tortured soul" but was appalled at the end result which made Crawford (and herself) look batshiz crazy.

That's interesting. Outsiders like me don't appreciate how much of a surprise the final cut is to actors. Sure, they're on set...but scenes are not always shot in order, depending on logistics, permits, availability, etc...) And scenes may go through umpteen takes, and the actors never know which will make the cut at all. So, when they go to the pre-screening, they really are watching "the movie" — as edited — for the first time.

Exactly! I've heard of some directors who do multiple takes with different emotions, and nobody knows what'll be used until the final edit. It's also a common practice to shoot tons of blind reaction footage ("now look sad, now look happy, now look like someone just pooped in your cornflakes") to be selected in the editing room. That's why I'm wary of blaming an actor for bad acting; they might've done a dozen good takes but the director decided to go with the 1 that doesn't work.

This was one of the subtle themes in Ed Wood - that Bela Lugosi was actually a great actor, but under the nonsensical direction & editing of Ed Wood he ended up looking like a campy cheeseball 🤪