The production of The Domino Principle became a private battle between its star and its director-producer. Gene Hackman later admitted that he had repeated arguments with Stanley Kramer and that he was personally in trouble during the making of the 1977 thriller. Hackman eventually read a published diary Kramer had kept during production, in which the director described the actor’s behavior on set. Rather than dismissing the account as a hostile exaggeration, Hackman called it embarrassing but conceded that Kramer’s remarks were accurate. He acknowledged that the film itself was not worth the difficulties he was causing and explained that he had become frightened during the troubled shoot.
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Gene Hackman’s War with Stanley Kramer—and the Diary That Exposed It
Gene Hackman and Stanley Kramer / 1970s
The production of The Domino Principle became a private battle between its star and its director-producer. Gene Hackman later admitted that he had repeated arguments with Stanley Kramer and that he was personally in trouble during the making of the 1977 thriller. Hackman eventually read a published diary Kramer had kept during production, in which the director described the actor’s behavior on set. Rather than dismissing the account as a hostile exaggeration, Hackman called it embarrassing but conceded that Kramer’s remarks were accurate. He acknowledged that the film itself was not worth the difficulties he was causing and explained that he had become frightened during the troubled shoot.
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