Throughout an episode of his “One Unhealthy Film” podcast, Stephen Baldwin mentioned his transient time on the set of “Casualties of Warfare” with visitor Jamie Kennedy, revealing that Sean Penn ordered his onscreen platoon mates to shun Michael J. Fox off-camera. “We will not be associates with Mike Fox,” Penn informed them. “Our characters, we hate him. So, it’s important to hate him with me. Do what I let you know.”
Baldwin, nevertheless, didn’t comply. Because the actor informed Kennedy, “As soon as Sean Penn informed Stephen Baldwin from Massapequa, ‘Do not speak to Mike Fox’ … the very first thing I did was [tell Mike Fox], ‘Hey, I believed you had been nice in ‘Household Ties.'” (Baldwin has additionally talked about this incident on his Instagram.)
Inflicting static with some of the celebrated actors of his technology was most likely not sensible, however, supplied Baldwin’s recollections are correct, I am fairly certain I do know what bought him 86’d from “Casualties of Warfare.” Later within the interview, Baldwin mentioned he had a difficulty with Penn mumbling his strains throughout a take, so he requested for De Palma to chop. “You do not reduce my digicam,” mentioned De Palma. After apologizing, Baldwin then requested De Palma if Penn was going to proceed talking his dialogue on this method. This enraged his director, who bought within the actor’s face and shouted, “You do not ask what Sean is gonna do! Do you perceive me?!”
Per week later, Baldwin was referred to as into a gathering with producer Artwork Linson, who knowledgeable the actor that he’d been fired and can be on a aircraft house later that night. When Baldwin mentioned he wanted to return to his lodge room and pack his issues, Linson replied, “Every little thing in your room has already been packed.”
Baldwin’s loss was a boon for John C. Reilly, who took over the function of the slow-on-the-uptake Personal First Class Herbert Hatcher. This was the longer term Academy Award nominee’s first talking function in a movie, and he completely nails the half. As for Baldwin, he is had a profitable profession and appeared in a handful of fine motion pictures (e.g. “The Normal Suspects” and “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle”), however he is principally a actuality present clown anymore. Laborious to imagine {that a} man who’d ask a legend like Brian De Palma to chop a take is not reserving respectable work these days.
