It’s hard to believe that an actor likeGene Hackmancould ever be worried about ruining his career.
But that’s exactly how he felt about taking a certain part in a certain 1978 blockbuster.
Thankfully, he was mistaken.
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Even after he did, he still didn’t feel confident about it.
I looked at him and thought I had really done the ultimate act and committed suicide.''
And it would’ve worked too, if it hadn’t been for that meddling superhero…
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The Oscar-winning living legend has starred in numerous classics.
“I was tired.
I couldn’t get myself motivated to work,” he explained.
“I wanted to do repertory theater.
There wasn’t a repertory theater in my town.
It was a lot of fantasy.”
So he spent a few years doing nothing.
It turned out that Gene Hackman hadn’t flushed his career away after all.
This left a bad taste in Hackman’s mouth, andhe refused to return for the next Lester-helmed sequel.
But that wasn’t the end of his tenure as Lex Luthor.
