Unusual director-actor combos

[Cyclonus]

Here's one that sounds odd but is absolutely true:

Fritz Lang directs Marilyn Monroe (Clash by Night)


Other good ones that I remember offhand:

Oliver Stone directs John Candy (JFK)

Martin Scorsese directs John Goodman (Bringing out the Dead)

Francis Ford Coppla directs Robin Williams (Jack)

Wes Craven directs Meryl Streep (Music of the Heart)

David Fincher directs Gwyneth Paltrow (Seven)

Steven Spielberg directs Vin Diesel (Saving Private Ryan)

Milos Forman directs Jim Carrey (Man on the Moon)


And the oddest of them all:

Oliver Stone directs Rodney Dangerfield (Natural Born Killers)

[Scarface98.9]

Here's another odd one I found:

Kevin Smith directs James Brolin (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back).

I can swear I saw him in the ending scene in the Hollywood backlots near the end

[Crestfallen]

P.T. Anderson and Burt? :eek:

EDIT: P.T. Anderson and Sandler? :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Dietrich]

To this day I find it fascinating how a man like Paul Verhoeven, with his very fat accent, directed Arnie in Total Recall, with his very fat accent, and actually made something out of it dialogue-wise..

[jodman]

I know this may be straying from the topic a little but i loved the studio/director combo of :

Walt disney presents...a David Lynch Film

for The Straight Story, that was excellent.

[ColinM]

Originally posted by Crestfallen
EDIT: P.T. Anderson and Sandler? :eek: :eek: :eek:

This is the one I came in to post. Who would have thought that pairing would actually work? But it did...

[max]

It amazes me that any director would want to hire Keanu Reeves.

[Raymond Babbit]

I thought John Carpenter and Ice Cube was weird.

[Ren Hoek]

Curtis Hanson and Eminem are a strange combo... 8 Mile is surprisingly good, though.

[Cyclonus]

Here's a biggie:

John Carpenter directs Chevy Chase (Memoirs of an Invisible Man)

:eek::eek:

[bob]

Frank Darabont directs Bruce Campbell (The Majestic).

[Tommy Doyle]

I definitely agree with the pick of Wes Craven directing Meryl Streep... especially to an Oscar nomination!!!!

And I'm totally out of left field on this one, but I still can't put my finger on what I find weird about Steven Spielberg directing Whoopin Goldberg in The Color Purple!!! It just seems like an odd pairing to me. It's one of my all time favorites, and Steven and Whoopi are two of my all time favorites in their respective fields, but it seems weird to me.

[MickeyKnox]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Curtis Hanson and Eminem are a strange combo... 8 Mile is surprisingly good, though.
Yes that was a strange actor-director combo!

[Klaus Weasley]

What about Milos Forman and Courtney Love?

They've worked not only once but TWICE.

[Zed]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Curtis Hanson and Eminem are a strange combo... 8 Mile is surprisingly good, though.

That's actually why Brittanny Murphy get interested on the film. That's a very strange couple.

[Cyclonus]

I just saw Punch-Drunk Love. Adam Sander in an art flick by Paul Thomas Anderson? Will he do more dramatic roles for other reputable directors, be they Serious Artists (TM) or just good craftsmen? I really hope so. Rumor has it he's signed up for Michael Mann's next film, a thriller costarring Tom Cruise.

I'd love to see him in one of Oliver Stone's political films. What kind of character would he play and how would he fit in the story? The mind boggles. :eek:

[Paterfamilias]

How bout this:

Kevin Smith directs Gus Van Sandt in J&SBSB!!

[Tom Samborski]

Oliver Stone & Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J- Any Given Sunday
Paul Thomas Anderson & Adam Sandler- Punch-Drunk Love

[Nachokoolaid]

Darren Aronofsky directs Marlon Wayans (Requiem for a Dream)

[Hannibal21]

I never, ever thought PT Anderson and Adam Sandler would worked together. But surprisingly the movie turned out to be excellent.

[Cyclonus]

I just remembered a REALLY weird one! So help me god, I am *not* making this up!


Joel Schumacher directs Mr. T


(see 1983's D.C. Cab)

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085387/maindetails

:eek::eek::eek:

[Raymond Babbit]

Tarantino and De Niro (Jackie Brown)

[Damned Martian]

Robert Zemeckis directing Crispin Glover in the trilogy of BTTF is pretty weird.

Also:

Zemeckis directs Alfonso Arau in Romancing the Stone, who directs Woody Allen in Picking up the Pieces,.

And Woody directing Leonardo DiCaprio (Celebrity), Jason Biggs (Anything Else), Hugh Grant (Small Time Crooks), etc...

[MrMotherFucker]

john carpenter directing roddy piper
terry zwigoff directing david cross
christopher guest directing chris farley
kevin smith directing mark hamill
mark hamill directing kevin smith
michael moore directing john candy, alan alda, and kevin pollack
nora ephron directing michael moore
frank oz directing marlon brando
mel brooks directing patrick stewart
john carpenter directing bruce campbell

[MrMotherFucker]

peter segal directing jack nicholson
michael mann directing jamie foxx
eddie murphy directing richard pryor and red roxx
john landis directing donald sutherland
robert rodriguez directing sylvestor stallone
todd phillips directing james carville
neil labute directing chris rock

[Squid Vicious]

Martin Scorsese directing Don Rickles (Casino)
David Fincher directing Meat Loaf (Fight Club)
David O. Russell directing Ice Cube (Three Kings)
Spike Jonze directing Meryl Streep (Adaptation)
Robert Rodriguez directing Enrique Eglasias (Once Upon a Time in Mexico)
Woody Allen directing Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci and Jimmy Fallon (Anything Else)
The Coen Brothers directing Cedric the Entertainer (Intolerable Cruelty)

[Raoul Duke]

Originally posted by Cyclonus
I just saw Punch-Drunk Love. Adam Sander in an art flick by Paul Thomas Anderson? Will he do more dramatic roles for other reputable directors, be they Serious Artists (TM) or just good craftsmen? I really hope so. Rumor has it he's signed up for Michael Mann's next film, a thriller costarring Tom Cruise.

I'd love to see him in one of Oliver Stone's political films. What kind of character would he play and how would he fit in the story? The mind boggles. :eek:

Adam Sandler auditioned for Michael Mann's Collateral. But Mann went with Jamie Foxx to star opposite Tom Cruise.

Oh yeah, and that would be sweet to see Sandler in an Oliver Stone movie.

[ilovemovies]

I gotcha all beat:

Martin Scorsese directing Gwen Stefani in the upcoming movie The Aviator.


And I'm pretty sure I heard a while ago something about Quentin Tarantino wanting Adam Sandler for an upcoming movie of his. Now that's a strange and interesting combo. Even wierder than Sandler with Paul Thomas Anderson was.

[MrMotherFucker]

martin scorsese directing mark anthony
paul verehoven directing elizabeth berkely