Liza Minnelli spoke of her unpleasant experience working with late actor Gene Hackman in her new memoir, Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
The book, released on Tuesday, saw the Oscar winner praise Hollywood greats such as Frank Sinatra, and her early life as the daughter of screen icon Judy Garland. However, Gene failed to impress Liza when they worked together on a movie in the 1970s. Their co-star, the late Burt Reynolds, had previously spoken of their tense relationship.
Gene Hackman starred in Lucky Lady alongside Liza
The trio worked together on the 1975 film Lucky Lady, directed by Stanley Donen. “I don’t like to whine, but Stanley later shared publicly that Gene was very dismissive of me during the film,” Liza wrote in her book.
“It’s hard to go to work when the chemistry is absent,” she continued. “I think it’s fair to say that Gene was downright rude.”
Burt spoke about the animosity between the pair in his own memoir, But Enough About Me, released in 2016, two years before his death. The actor said the difference in personalities was the root of their feud.
“Gene Hackman is a good actor. He’s tough, and Liza is so boop oopy doop, it didn’t sit well with him,” he wrote. “Every once in a while, he’d go, ‘Liza, shut the f*ck up!’ We’d all have to walk off the set until he cooled off.”
Gene died last year, at the age of 95. His death received significant press attention after he and his wife and caregiver, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead at their Santa Fe property.
Subsequent investigations found that Betsy died of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease picked up from rat droppings, around February 12. Gene passed away approximately one week later, from severe heart disease, complicated by Alzheimer’s disease and kidney disease.
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