With Sean Young entering rehab after heckling director Julian Schnabel, i thought it would be a good time to visit this topic. Name your favorite actress who has been stuck with the label of "difficult." The best are those who have interesting endings. There are a number of Golden Age stars who ended up in mental health facilities and such. We'll start with Ms. Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Young Known for: Blade Runner No Way Out Difficulties: - Confronted Tim Burton wearing a homemade Catwoman outfit over role in Batman Returns - Had a harrassment suit filed against her by James Woods - Crashed a 2006 Vanity Fair suare - fired from Dick Tracy - Nearly edited out of Wall Street, allegedly for clashing with Oliver Stone
I don't have any real details, but I've heard that Claire Forlani worked very little in Hollywood after Meet Joe Black because she has a reputation for being very difficult and something of a drama queen.
Hollywood's first and greatest slut. Idea of her as a mother so terrified husband Wallace Beery that he slipped her poison to induce a miscarriage. Second husband filed divorce on the grounds of adultery with 13 different men. Was married to two people at the same time. Went down on Joseph Kennedy. And worst of all- had von Stroheim fired from Queen Kelly, ending his career as a filmmaker. But von Stroheim did get his revenge:
It was years ago so my memory is pretty fuzzy, but there was a story in the tabloids back when she was still fairly big about how she balked at doing a love scene with co-star Patrick Bergin. Initially, she pointed at a crew member and something like "I'll only do it with him". The crew member declined, and Young only did the scene after chugging a couple beers.
Her tumultuous relationship with then-husband Nicholas Ray (shortly after which she went on to marry her step-son, Nicholas' son by a previous marriage!) led of course to one of the great examples of self-confessional art, Ray's astounding In a Lonely Place. Hell of an actress though (and easy on the eyes). Well, Marlene Dietrich claimed to have slept with Pa Joe and son.