As one of America’s most loved and longest running sitcoms, it’s actually slightly heartbreaking to see The Golden Girls on this list. However, we can’t rewrite history and, according to Rue McClanahan who starred in the show, things got pretty heated between Bea Arthur and Betty White. Unsavory words were exchanged, ones we can’t repeat here. Apparently, it all came down to Bea being annoyed that Betty was the first of the cast to be nominated for a Best Actress award at the Emmys.
While this little fit caused a stir for a while, thankfully it didn’t have a lasting impact. No characters were killed off or written out and the show went on with most people never knowing that there had been trouble stirring behind the scenes. Three of the four gorgeous Golden Girls have now passed on and, at 95 years of age, it is the inimitable Betty White who is still representing the crew.
Grey’s Take On Her “Feud” With Swayze
Patrick Swayze actually dedicated a fair chunk of space in his book to venting about the filming of Dirty Dancing. Here’s yet another painful Grey experience he recounted, this one regarding the incredible moment when the pair are practicing that iconic lift in the lake. “It was horrifyingly, hypothermically cold in that lake, and we filmed that scene over and over. And despite the fact that Jennifer was very light, when you’re lifting someone in water, even the skinniest little girl can feel like 500 pounds.”
Though Swayze was critical of her, Jennifer Grey didn’t see things the same way he did and, it seems, didn’t let his words of complaint get to her. The actress was performing in the series, Dancing with the Stars, when her Dirty Dancing co-star passed away at just 57 years of age. Grey broke down, telling her dance partner, Derek Hough, “it took me back in a time capsule, and I was with Patrick. I just missed him.”
Bryan Singer vs. Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody is a film that has caused a huge amount of controversy and has swept audiences worldwide for one reason or another. The beauty of the film, and the way it captures such a timeless man, is simply mesmerizing. It’s impossible not to talk about it. But of course, with artistic greatness always come issues. As it turns out, Malek and Singer, the film’s director, who is known for his brilliant film, The Usual Suspects, had quite a lot of disagreements and even aggressive verbal arguments, due to the fact that Singer was absent for a lot of the movie’s filming.
Things never broke out into a physical altercation, but Singer was eventually let go by Fox. A new director came in his place, and Singer later said that the production giant hadn’t let him tend to one of his parents, who was very ill. To add to the fire, Singer was later accused of sexual assault.
Julianna Margulies vs. Archie Panjabi
Here’s an interesting case of life imitating art. Stars of The Good Wife, Archie Panjabi, and Julianna Margulies, play the best of friends in the show. Until the end of season two that is. Spoiler alert: season two ends with the revelation that Kalinda Sharma (played by Panjabi) slept with the husband of her best friend, Alicia Florrick (played by Margulies). This betrayal, understandably, rocks the friendship to its core. Now here’s the interesting part: as this storyline developed, Panjabi and Margulies began to avoid each other. It got to the point where their scenes were being shot separately with a phone connecting them or a third party reading the lines. How bizarre is that?
Even when the pair supposedly reunited for the show’s finale, it turns out the scene the appeared in “together” was actually shot separately. Each woman appeared in front of a green screen and their portions of the scene were later edited together. The crazy thing is, while they can’t deny this intense level of separation, both Punjabi and Margulies claim there was never any bad blood between them. So was this a case of extreme method acting? Or is there something they’re not willing to own up to?
George Clooney vs. Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio
Clooney’s flare-up with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio actually didn’t arise on the set of any film. In fact, his shots were all fired during an interview he gave to Esquire in December of 2013. Clooney was already bristling at Crowe who had accused him of being a sellout. When asked how he felt about Crowe’s comments, Clooney replied: “the truth is that [Russel] did send me a book of poems to apologize for insulting the s**t out of me, which he did.” You can feel some tension in there but it’s not so bad, right? Well, Clooney wasn’t done. He went on to call Crowe a “Frank Sinatra wannabe.”
When we say “Clooney wasn’t done,” we really mean it. When he’d settled down on Crowe, he shifted targets, this time aiming his withering gaze at Leonardo DiCaprio and his basketball skills (of all things). Apparently, Clooney was not impressed with Leo or his friends: “the discrepancy between their game and how they talked about their game made me think of how important it is to have someone in your life to tell you what’s what. I’m not sure if Leo has someone like that.” Well, he does now George, he does now.