While it might have been a masterpiece on screen, it was anything but behind the scenes. LaBeouf responded by posting screenshots of his email correspondences with both Baldwin and Sullivan, confirming that there had been exchanges regarding Baldwin's lack of preparation for the play and the director acknowledging that they were "incompatible" as performers.
I think he was surprised that it didn't work in the theater."īaldwin also accused the director of duplicity and not being entirely committed to the production. "He had that card, that card you get when you make films that make a lot of money that gives you a certain kind of entitlement. However, the director chose to fire LaBeouf instead. Baldwin alleged that his co-star reacted aggressively to him in rehearsal, so "The Hunt for Red October" actor pulled aside director Dan Sullivan and said someone needed to exit, offering to depart the project altogether. "'Tell that cracker to get out of my eyeline,' and 'tell that cracker to get his lines right.'" Reynolds laughed when he was asked if he would ever consider reuniting with Snipes for a fourth "Blade" movie, answering with an emphatic "no."Īccording to Baldwin's comments to New York magazine (via Broadway Buzz), there had been problems from the beginning since LaBeouf had already memorized his lines while Baldwin hadn't. "He refers to Ryan Reynolds as 'that cracker,'" one executive crew member told writer Chris Parry on condition of anonymity. The mercurial action star also didn't get along with co-star Ryan Reynolds, apparently refusing to even call him by his name. It wasn't just Goyer that Snipes clashed with, however. And he would sign each Post-It note 'From Blade.'" "That freaked Wesley out so much that, for the rest of the production, he would only communicate with the director through Post-It notes. "He wouldn't come out of his trailer, and he would smoke weed all day." Oswalt claimed Snipes "tried to strangle the director" at one point, which led to Goyer hiring a bunch of bikers as bodyguards.
"Wesley was just f***ing crazy in a hilarious way," the actor-comedian told A.V.
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