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Scott Eastwood took aim at one of his co-stars after they dropped out of a film mid-production, with no warning.
The Fury actor, 40, didn't hold back during a June episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, explaining why he was so irked by one of his peers.
When describing the mystery actor, he called them a "piece of s**t" after they dropped out of the production.
Unfortunately for those who like to be clued into celebrity drama, he didn't reveal who it was.
He explained that they "just left," with the actor adding: “It was their directorial, their story, their thing. And it was just like, bro, you took money from somebody.”
Eastwood, who has previously opened up on the tragic loss of his girlfriend, is a fairly open book when it comes to Hollywood stars.
The son of Clint Eastwood explained the situation to Rogan, recalling: “I just worked with somebody and, without saying any names, people get too famous for too long and think the world owes them something.”
He went on: “They decided after we’d already spent a bunch of money that they just didn’t want to work with this other person and didn’t want to do the job,
“I was like, ‘OK, then you need to pay that money back to the person who invested in you.’ They were like, ‘I’m not gonna do that.’”
He said that the situation was “shocking” and “unbelievable,” adding, “It’s black and white. Do the right thing. Don’t be a piece of s**t. You can’t do that.
“I’ve seen some behavior in this business that is shocking,” Eastwood stated.
“That would not go in other industries, but for some reason because they’re stars, right?”
Reflecting more on the entertainment industry, he said that it can be "really ugly" behind the scenes.
The Regretting You star also admitted: “I love telling stories and when we’re doing a creative endeavor, and you move people, whether you’ll make them laugh, make them cry, whatever.”
The actor also opened up about his father, a Hollywood legend in his own right.
He described the 96-year-old as “a put-your-boots-on, go-to-work man” who left his job “at the door.”
He previously told Treats! magazine in March 2015 that his dad gave him some useful advice for his career, which was: “Whatever you do, do it well. Be humble, work hard and be a man.”
Scott, who is one of seven children, claimed that his dad didn't care what industry they got into, as long as they worked hard.
He explained: “I didn’t get in this to be famous,
“I grew up loving my father’s work, loving movies and telling stories, wanting to be a part of that.”
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Scott Eastwood has opened up about the devastating loss of his late girlfriend, Jewel Brangman, revealing how her death in a crash involving a defective airbag continues to affect him years later.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, the actor reflected on the tragedy, explaining that Brangman died in 2014 after what he believes should have been a relatively minor car accident.
"We were together for three or four years," Eastwood said. "They had a recall on the airbag and what would've been a fender bender that probably most people would've survived... she was essentially shot by the airbag."
At the time of the accident, Eastwood was away filming a movie, leaving him unable to immediately return home.
"I was on another film set at the time," he recalled. "And being on a film set when someone passes or something happens, it's really tough."
The 40-year-old explained that it was not the first time he had experienced the loss of someone close while working.
"This had happened before, I had lost Paul Walker on Fury," he said, referring to the actor's death in a 2013 car crash while Eastwood was filming the 2014 war movie.
"He was one of my close friends. When you're on a film set, you don't have time to grieve because the show must go on."
Eastwood, the son of the Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood and Jacelyn Reeves, said the demands of filming meant he had little choice but to continue working.
"You can't fly home," he said. "You're stuck because you've gotta work."
Instead, he admitted he pushed his emotions aside after receiving the news.
"I got the call actually during a filming day and I think I did a classic defense mechanism of, 'Just punt that to later. Compartmentalize that 'til later,'" he explained. "[It was] brutal having to deal with that and then not being able to go through that."
Looking back, Eastwood believes delaying his grief wasn't the healthiest approach.
"I grieved later," he said. "And that's not a great thing because I think you do want to grieve with the people that are around that you didn't know that were a part of their lives, as well. I think that's an important part of the grieving process."
The actor had previously spoken publicly about Brangman's death during an interview with GQ Australia in 2016.
"I dated a girl a couple of years ago who died in a car accident," he said at the time. "There was a recall on airbags. Her airbag exploded. It shot a projectile through her body. It split her spine, and um ... I've never told anybody that."
He continued: "I've lost friends before; I've lost some great friends. But, I had never lost someone I had been really intimate with, you know, like in that way, in a relationship."
Eastwood also acknowledged that the tragedy changed how he approached relationships.
"I think that really affected me in a way that ... I don't know," he admitted. "Maybe it's made it harder for me to date."
Robert Downey Jr. once gave a blunt two-word assessment of what he’d be doing if he wasn’t a Hollywood superstar.
You can probably already tell that this story relates to RDJ’s days before he was a Marvel superstar, when he struggled with addiction and almost fell into a life of crime.
Before he was the star of the Avengers series as Iron Man, starring in critically acclaimed films like Oppenheimer, or even in his controversial role in Tropic Thunder, RDJ was quite a tearaway.
He struggled with substance misuse in the past and was even arrested on a number of occasions in relation to that.
It isn’t a secret that Downey Jr. was involved in drugs during the 1990s and 2000s, and he’s completed several treatment programs to get clean, which he thankfully now is.
In fact, he’s even at the stage where he has spoken openly about it.
The brutal two-word assessment of what his life could be came during a roundtable interview for The Hollywood Reporter in which he sat with Mark Ruffalo, Andrew Scott, and Colman Domingo.
The discussion turned to what their careers could have been, and while the others might have managed to hold down normal jobs, RDJ said something different.
He simply said he’d be doing ‘hard time’.
Of course, everyone laughed, but it’s not exactly a joke.
Domingo asked him: "I want to know what crimes you would have committed though."
RDJ responded: "A trumped up felony - possession again.”
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The 60-year-old spent a year or so in prison back in 1999 after he was arrested for possession of heroin, cocaine, and an unloaded Magnum firearm.
He was given three years, but ended up doing 15 months.
Still, that would be enough for most people to realize they don’t want to go back.
Downey Jr. has admitted that time was the ‘worst thing that happened to me’.
He said it was like ‘being sent to a distant planet where there is no way home until the planets align’.
He explained: "You could just feel the evil in the air, and that was no trouble at all because it was kind of like just being in a really bad neighborhood,
"There was no opportunity there. There was only threats."
In the end, this story has a happy ending, and Downey Jr. thanks his wife Susan for her support during some seriously dark times.
In a joke during his acceptance speech for his Oppenheimer Oscar - Best Supporting Actor - he said: "I'd like to thank my veterinarian - I meant wife - Susan Downey over there. She found me, a snarling rescue pet, and loved me back to life. That's why I am here. Thank you."
If you or someone you know is battling addiction, please reach out for help and contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357) or go to https://findtreatment.gov/
Bruce Lee's daughter has said that she's "really f***ing tired of white men in Hollywood" sharing their portrayal of her legendary father.
In a guest column for the Hollywood Reporter on Friday (July 2), Shannon Lee hit back at Quentin Tarantino for his latest depiction and subsequent comments of the late Chinese-American martial artist and actor in the 2019 movie Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
The movie's fictional stuntman Cliff Booth (played by Brad Pitt) is challenged to a fight by Bruce Lee (Mike Moh) in the scene.
Watch the movie scene below:"I’m really f**ing tired of white men in Hollywood trying to tell me who Bruce Lee was," Lee - who is the chief executive of the Bruce Lee Family Co - writes.
"I've come across enough of them over the years (and not just in Hollywood) who want to mansplain Bruce Lee to me and use Bruce Lee when and how it suits them without acknowledging his humanity, his legacy, or his family in the process that a bit of a pattern has emerged," she adds.
"I'm… not saying that no one is allowed to have a negative opinion of Bruce Lee. I'm saying your opinion might be colored by personal or cultural bias, and that there's a pattern."
This comes after Tarantino spoke about the movie The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Tuesday (June 29), to promote the movie's novelization.
Tarantino also took the opportunity to hit back at those who have been critical of its portrayal of Lee, saying that while he understood Shannon Lee "having a problem with it", he dismissed other critics by saying that it was accurate.
Lee biographer Matthew Polly, however, told Esquire that the scene "is not only completely inaccurate, it turns Lee into a disrespectful blowhard and jerk."
Shannon slammed the scene to the LA Times after its release, saying: "The script treatment of my father as this arrogant, egotistical punching bag was really disheartening - and, I feel, unnecessary."
Lee wrote that Tarantino's comments come at a particularly unwelcome time because of the increased discrimination Asian-Americans face in the wake of Covid-19, as per the Pew Research Centre.
"At a time when Asian Americans are being physically attacked, told to 'go home' because they are seen as not American, and demonized for something that has nothing to do with them," she wrote.
"I feel moved to suggest that Mr. Tarantino's continued attacks, mischaracterizations, and misrepresentations of a trailblazing and innovative member of our Asian American community, right now, are not welcome."
An actor who Quentin Tarantino called the "weakest f**king actor" in Hollywood has spoken out about the claims.
In December 2025, the 62-year-old director appeared on an episode of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast where he criticized Paul Dano's performance in There Will Be Blood.
He described the 41-year-old actor as a "flaw" in the 2007 Oscar-winning movie, adding: "[He is] just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy."
When the host suggested that Dano's performance may have been "overshadowed" by that of Daniel Day-Lewis, Tarantino responded: "So you put him with the weakest male actor in SAG? The limpest dick in the world?"
He added: "I'm not saying he's giving a terrible performance. I'm saying he's giving a non-entity [performance].
"I don't care for him. I don't care for Owen Wilson, I don't care for Matthew Lillard."
Several other actors spoke out in Dano's defense after the brutal comments surfaced, but the actor himself has not responded until now.
Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday, Dano told Variety: "I was incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn't have to."
His Little Miss Sunshine co-star Toni Collette, who was by his side at the festival, shared her thoughts, adding: "F**k that guy! He must've been high. It was just confusing. Who does that?"
Of Collette coming to his defense, Dano then added: "That was really nice."
Jonathan Dayton also labeled Tarantino's comments - which also included actors Matthew Lillard and Owen Wilson – as an "embarrassment", adding: "I can only think that his rawness of his performance made Tarantino uncomfortable."
Little Miss Sunshine's co-director Valerie Faris also said: "You know, what was interesting was the people coming out to defend Paul. There was immediately… he is loved by so many. He is so smart."
Dano has had a lengthy career in Hollywood, appearing in The Batman, Love & Mercy, The Fabelmans and more. and has received a Golden Globe nomination as well as two Emmy nominations.
Tarantino's comments were slammed by a Daniel Day-Lewis fan account which wrote: "Paul Dano is one of the best and most talented actors of his generation," to which a representative for the actor - who'd recommended Dano for the role in the first place - confirmed to the Guardian that he "endorsed the sentiment."
Director Matt Reeves, who worked with Dano on The Batman, added on X in December when the comments were first made: "Paul Dano is an incredible actor, and an incredible person."
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