Patrick Swayze actually dedicated a fair chunk of space in his book to venting about the filming of Dirty Dancing. Here’s yet another painful Grey experience he recounted, this one regarding the incredible moment when the pair are practicing that iconic lift in the lake. “It was horrifyingly, hypothermically cold in that lake, and we filmed that scene over and over. And despite the fact that Jennifer was very light, when you’re lifting someone in water, even the skinniest little girl can feel like 500 pounds.”
Though Swayze was critical of her, Jennifer Grey didn’t see things the same way he did and, it seems, didn’t let his words of complaint get to her. The actress was performing in the series, Dancing with the Stars, when her Dirty Dancing co-star passed away at just 57 years of age. Grey broke down, telling her dance partner, Derek Hough, “it took me back in a time capsule, and I was with Patrick. I just missed him.”
Shannen Doherty Strikes Again
While it was Shannen Doherty who complained about the excess of drama on the set of Charmed, it’s interesting to note that said drama somehow seemed to pop up again when she was cast in Beverly Hills 90210. What an unfortunate coincidence. Doherty reportedly feuded with at least two of her co-stars: Jenni Garth and Tori Spelling. In her autobiography, Garth described the feud between her and Doherty in the most delightfully upfront terms, saying the pair sometimes wanted nothing more than “to claw each other’s eyes out.”
Garth went on to discuss why she thought this intense cattiness had arisen, explaining they were just kids really and still finding their voices and personalities as women. Apparently, Garth’s adult identity is very much wrapped up in her star sign as her conclusion was this: “Shannen and I are both Aries women, we’re both very strong, independent women, so we butt heads a lot.” Another mystery was solved by astrology.
Patrick Swayze vs. Jennifer Grey
Who could forget the sizzling energy between Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the classic 80s film Dirty Dancing? If you asked us whether it was more likely that the pair fell in love after the film or hated each other’s guts, we definitely would’ve gone with the former. And, sadly, we would’ve been wrong. Swayze’s autobiography, released after his death, was filled with shocking revelations about his time filming with Grey. Apparently, it wasn’t as innocent and sweet behind the scenes as it was on-screen.
Swayze felt Grey was emotional and was frustrated at the fact that she would burst into tears if anyone criticized her. A bit of an issue for actors who are critiqued in every scene. Grey would also regularly mess scenes up by laughing or acting silly which meant Swayze had to do far more takes than he would’ve liked. Grey’s wild mood swings apparently wore thin on the ever-professional Swayze pretty quickly. However, there are always two sides to every story....
Bryan Singer vs. Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody is a film that has caused a huge amount of controversy and has swept audiences worldwide for one reason or another. The beauty of the film, and the way it captures such a timeless man, is simply mesmerizing. It’s impossible not to talk about it. But of course, with artistic greatness always come issues. As it turns out, Malek and Singer, the film’s director, who is known for his brilliant film, The Usual Suspects, had quite a lot of disagreements and even aggressive verbal arguments, due to the fact that Singer was absent for a lot of the movie’s filming.
Things never broke out into a physical altercation, but Singer was eventually let go by Fox. A new director came in his place, and Singer later said that the production giant hadn’t let him tend to one of his parents, who was very ill. To add to the fire, Singer was later accused of sexual assault.
Bea Arthur vs. Betty White
As one of America’s most loved and longest running sitcoms, it’s actually slightly heartbreaking to see The Golden Girls on this list. However, we can’t rewrite history and, according to Rue McClanahan who starred in the show, things got pretty heated between Bea Arthur and Betty White. Unsavory words were exchanged, ones we can’t repeat here. Apparently, it all came down to Bea being annoyed that Betty was the first of the cast to be nominated for a Best Actress award at the Emmys.
While this little fit caused a stir for a while, thankfully it didn’t have a lasting impact. No characters were killed off or written out and the show went on with most people never knowing that there had been trouble stirring behind the scenes. Three of the four gorgeous Golden Girls have now passed on and, at 95 years of age, it is the inimitable Betty White who is still representing the crew.