Though some of these actors and directors' collaborations resulted in their finest works, they infamously had hostile relationships on set that sometimes led to severed ties between them.
- June 28, 2020
AceShowbiz - With a sexual abuse case against him, Roman Polanski has had enough to bring himself a bad name and Faye Dunaway's testimony only made it worse. The two clashed on set of "Chinatown", with the actress describing him as being "autocratic and dictatorial," though she still acknowledged him as "a good filmmaker." He also cursed at her and told her that her salary was her motivation.
At one of the pivotal moments during their on-set drama, Polanski did not allow her off the set to urinate when she expressed an urgent need to use the toilets. She exacted her revenge immediately, tossing a cup of urine in his face as the movie's director of photography recalled, "He said, 'You c**t, that's piss!' And she said, 'Yes, you little putz.' "
