Co-star drama

Sarah Taryam, Arts Editor

Despite how great the relationship between two characters may appear in a movie or a television show, reality can often be quite the opposite. This week we are taking a look at some of the worst relationships between co-stars off camera.

In the action comedy “Charlie’s Angels,” which came out back in 2000, it was no secret that actors Lucy Liu and Bill Murray did not get on. Liu played the angel Alex Munday in the movie while Murray played Charlie’s assistant John Bossley who he would communicate with the angels through. Apparently, Murray was not the nicest person on set with his bad behaviour and Liu stood up to him. Without going into too much detail, Liu spoke about the problem in an interview and confirmed it was true.

Will Smith did not get along with his “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” co-star Janet Hubert. He admitted to making life really different for Hubert on set. After what he did at the Oscars in 2022 when he got up and slapped Chris Rock live on stage, is it is easy to believe that he is not a nice person and I am sure there are other unpleasant stories about him with more actors.

Julia Roberts is known as the darling of the rom-com with the friendly, loving characters that she plays in all her movies. But her real-life persona might not match the characters she is playing. In the movie “I love Trouble” where she starred opposite Nick Nolte, things were not always smooth sailing. There was banter back and forth between them but in one interview Roberts called Nolte “disgusting,” which he took offense at and said that she wasn’t a nice person and that everyone knew it.