10 Actors Who Didn't Understand Their Own Movie 

You should make a list of all of the actors that turned down roles all because they didn’t understand the script.

Pierce Brosnan deserved a mention. Its said that he found the plot and story of The World Is Not Enough so convoluted he couldn't understand it.

I think Alec Guinness' problem was likely less that he didn't get the character and more Lucas wasn't that good a writer. I've seen interviews of Hamill and Ford also criticizing dialogue that was cut from the first movie and we've all seen the prequels.

Christopher Plummer shouldn’t be on this list. He understood the movie he just didn’t like it. Brando didn’t even bother to learn his lines in his last few movies.

Ashton Kutcher The Butterfly Effect I Saw this film a handfull of times didn't know About the Sequels though

According to Roger Moore in his book ..most actors don't know what the film they appear in is about ...actors just do the gig get paid and go home..

I still find it weird how Marlon Brando was such a brilliant, genius actor but in real life he was just about the dumbest thing on two legs.

The fact that Bob Hoskins would drink himself into a stupor on the set, I’m sure he knew something of the quality of the movie.

I thought for sure a david lynch movie would've been on here.

It's so hard writing a story. Especially by yourself

Great movies ! ... 😊👍

Just the way that Mark Wahlberg talks in The Happening movie irritates the crap out me.

After his final great performance in The Godfather, Marlon Brando pretty much gave up. He didn't do much after that except take the money, mumble the lines, and not read the pages that didn't feature him. George Clooney followed the script and direction. The biggest problem with that movie was not the actors; it was the director.

How about Dakota Johnson in Madame Web? I read that she didn't really understand the movie. The audience didn't get it either.😂

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I simply could not buy Wahlberg as a school teacher

mark Wahlberg deserved the Happening- a script as wooden and awful as he is

Lol 😂😂😂 loL

Tree of life, sucked

Compared to watching Tenet in theaters, Inception is super easy to understand

You guys left out Tim Roth from Planet Of The Apes; he has gone on record saying he didn't understand the movie's ending despite being 1 of the main characters in the movie.

The Happening 😂😂 my son was 10 when we saw it in theaters....he called it The Crappening 😂

I cannot believe this is how I learned Bob Hoskins was British

I bought the Super Mario Bros dvd in the five dollar bargain bin at Walmart in my 20s. I love that film. Fond memories from 90's childhood

I saw The Happening recently, I get the impression Markie didn't know any science teachers and tried to play himself as wimpy as possible.

I remember being 8-9 when they announced Keaton was playing Batman. I didn’t know the character other than Adam West’s Batman at that age. But I didn’t get it. When I saw the movie for the first time I was floored. To this day I put that movie on and I’m 10 all over again.

Circle of Life I would describe as a "smell your own farts movie"It felt far more like a pretentious director enjoying the smell of his own farts. Than any attempt to tell an actual story

I'm glad I watched this, because I always got the vibe that something was...off...about Plumber's performance in Sound of Music. For me it was the lack of chemistry between him and Julie Andrews (their acting ability managed to capture their romance, but not by a lot IMHO), but this vid makes it apparent there was even more (or less??) going on!

If you want to see Sir Alec at his best watch Kind Hearts and Coronets.

WOW BUT STILL ACTED OUT THE SCRIPT😂😂😂💯

I saw a making of feature for "Tron" (1982) and in their interviews, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan and Bernard Hughes all started by saying "When i read the script, I didn't really understand it." Jeff Bridges, however, completely understood it.

According to his own words, Joaquin Phoenix didn't know anything about Napoleon from history, and didn't understand what to do and what was required of him in most of the 'Napoleon' 2023 (and it shows 😒)

By his own standards, John Leguizamo should be shunned from Hollywood for culturally appropriating an Italian plumber as a Latino. But, hypocrites got to hypocrite.

6:22 “What? Nooo!”

I was expecting Tom Hardy with his lack of understanding for Mad Max Fury Road

I genuinely enjoy Super Mario Bros Movie (1993). Yeah I was confused when it didn't follow canon or at least the TV show, but as a kid I still loved and 30 years later, I still do!

Well-said intro!

John Leguizamo also may not have even understood it either. He didn’t even had Luigi’s moustache, thou the movie was bad at least Bob Hoskins had his traditionally as Mario’s look is known for ..

I loved Super Mario Brothers. It was HILARIOUS!

the Happening is a good movie.. not M. Nights best but good...

Never heard of Star Wars, was it any good?

Super Mario Bros was great because it was little like the games which are just bad.