Bronson Pinchot Disses Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington
posted October 21, 2009 7:15 AM
Source: The A.V. Club
Bronson Pinchot, the arguably long-forgotten star of Perfect Strangers, the Beverly Hills Cop movies and Risky Business, recently decided to open up about some old collaborators. While the interview had a lot to say, most of what stands out are Pinchot's various observations on his A-list former costars.
Of Tom Cruise, Pinchot said, "We didn’t know [Risky Business] was going to be a big hit. We thought Tom [Cruise] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth ... He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange. Years and years later when people started to torment him with that, I used to think 'God, that’s really fitting, because he tormented a lot of people as a 20-year-old.'"
Of Denzel Washington, "He’s one of the most unpleasant human beings I’ve ever met in my life, but he’s this mega-superstar ... [Courage Under Fire] was a low point, because Denzel Washington was behind the incredibly cowardly bullshit of “This is my character, not me.” He was really abusive to me and everybody on that movie, and his official explanation was that his character didn’t like me, but it was a dreadful experience. I spent my salary on time with my shrink just for helping me get through it... The script supervisor on that movie said it’s like watching somebody kick a puppy. He was so vile."
Cruise and Washington probably won't be in a rush to respond.

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