Bogdanovich, meanwhile, called her the most difficult actor he ever worked with.
Cherhas never been known to hold back.
“He was an a–hole,” she said.
Cher and Peter Bogdanovich.John Salangsang/Getty; Araya Diaz/Getty
“He was not nice to the girls in the film and he was so f—ing arrogant.
I really, really disliked him.”
Eric Stoltz portrays her son.
“He comes in and says, ‘Cher, where do you think we should film this scene?’
Oh yeah, he was a pig.”
The conversation about Bogdanovich began when she spoke about directors she didn’t like.
It was a small category: justFrank Oz, who helmed her 1990 movieMermaidsbefore being replaced, and Bogdanovich.
“Ask everybody: I’m really easy to work with.
Then you do it your way, and they don’t even notice.
I’ve worked withBob Altman,Mike Nichols,Norman Jewison…really great directors whom I respect.
I know when to listen.”
Bogdanovichdied in 2022, but he made it clear that the animosity was mutual.
He cited her as the most difficult actor he had ever worked with.
“She didn’t trust anybody, especially men,” Bogdanovich toldVulturein January 2022.
“That’s why she dropped her father’s name, Sarkisian.”
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“She can’t act.
She won Best Actress at Cannes because I shot her very well,” he said.
“She can’t sustain a scene she’d go off wrong somehow, very quickly.
So I shot a lot of close-ups of her because she’s very good in close-ups.
Her eyes have the sadness of the world.
In 1988, Cher won the Best Actress Oscar forMoonstruck, which was directed by Jewison.
