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Burt Reynolds, who passed away in 2018, was enjoying a late-career revival with roles in The Last Movie Star and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which he was rehearsing for before his death.
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In the 1988 romantic comedy Switching Channels, Reynolds starred opposite Kathleen Turner, though the collaboration proved to be notoriously difficult and fraught with tension.
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Turner revealed that the film originally planned to star Michael Caine as her love interest, but due to Caine’s scheduling conflicts with Jaws 4, Reynolds was brought in as a replacement.
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Turner explained that she and her co-star Christopher Reeve had already begun filming scenes before Reynolds joined, leading to a strained dynamic and lack of chemistry on set.
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Reynolds publicly criticized Turner years later, calling her the “most overrated actor of the 1970s and 1980s” during an appearance on Watch What Happens: Live with Andy Cohen.
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When Turner later appeared on the same show, she retaliated by labeling Reynolds as her “worst on-screen kisser,” claiming he was “terrible” and implying their professional relationship was irreparably sour.
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