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Jack Nicholson has featured in numerous different roles throughout his career. From playing the role of Jack Torrance inThe Shiningto playing the role of the Joker in Tim Burton’sBatman,he has made a name for himself as a force to be reckoned with, being one of the most exceptionally talented actors in the entirety of the film industry. He has received many accolades throughout his career for this skill, including being nominated for an Academy Award several times and winning the same three times, twice in the category of Best Actor, and once in the category of Best Supporting Actor.
Having had so much experience working in so many films throughout his life, it must take a lot for an actor like Nicholson to storm off-set. This is why it is extremely odd to find out that the actor was one, so angered by the director he was working with, that he walked off-set completely naked to prove a point.
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Jack Nicholson Loves Basketball A Little Too Much
An extremely well-known fact aboutJack Nicholsonis how much he loves basketball, more specifically The Lakers team. The love may even border obsession, as it would seem that the actor is willing to do anything for them, even have a very big fight with the director of his 1974 film,Chinatown,Roman Polanski. The assistant director of the film, Howard Koch Jr, talked toFar Out Magazine, revealing an interesting behind-the-scenes fight that took place between the actor and directors.
“Roman says, ‘Where is Jack?’ I went back to Jack and he went, ‘Howie, it’s overtime. I’m not leaving now. Just tell Roman I’ve been waiting an hour and a half. Let him wait for a few minutes.“So, Koch bravely went to relay this message. It didn’t go too well.“So Roman has a cow, and then the game goes into double overtime,“he recalled.“We’re all basketball fans, so nobody’s upset except for Roman who could give a fuck about the Lakers. ‘Where is he?’ I said, ‘Roman, it’s double overtime.’ He’s like, ‘WHAT THE FUCK IS DOUBLE OVERTIME?!’”
Koch Jr mentioned that Nicholson had waited for quite some time for the director to show up on set. When he finally did, he was extremely late and the actors adored team had started playing. Invested in the match he refused to move until the game was over and unfortunately for Polanski, the game went into overtime.
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Roman Polanski Had Enough Of This
While everyone on set understood why Jack Nicholson refused to move, with them also being invested in the game, the same could not have been said about Roman Polanski. The game went from overtime to double overtime, all the while the director kept asking how long it would take for the actor to show up on set. Not understanding the basketball lingo, the director got frustrated when he heard about the double over time.
“I grabbed a mop and ran inside Jack’s trailer to smash the TV,”Polanski once said.“But I didn’t have enough room and the damn thing wouldn’t break, so I grabbed the TV and tossed it out the trailer.”
So much so, that he revealed toFar Out Magazine, that he decided to pick up a mop and started to smash the television. After this did not work, he picked up the television and threw it outside the trailer. Nicholson, naturally upset at this decided that the best thing to do would be to remove all of his clothes and storm off the set, completely naked.
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Source:Far Out Magazine
Ananya Godboley
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Ananya Godboley is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows, with over 2,000 articles published. She has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years. Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in psychology from K.R. Mangalam University, Ananya also likes to fangirl as a full-time job. She covers news and analyses on anything from Rick and Morty to Hannibal and even Arcane. In between these lines, she also enjoys superheroes and Taylor Swift.A philosophy enthusiast, Ananya enjoys digging deeper into the media she consumes, trying to understand the root of her favorite characters' behavior.
