Kathleen Turner Not a Fan of Nic Cage’s “Stupid Voice” and “Fake Teeth”

Kathleen Turner, who starred in one of the best movies of all-time, War of the Roses — which had THE best tagline of all time, “Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.” — has written a book about her struggle with fame and alcoholism and blah, blah, blah. . .

. . . But let’s get to the juicy part, shall we?

Kathleen also dishes the dirt on some of her male co-stars. I present the highlights:

On Nicolas Cage (Peggy Sue Got Married): “… Oh, that stupid voice of his and the fake teeth! Honestly, I cringe to think about it. … He caused so many problems. He was arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, once for stealing a dog. He’d come across a chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket. . . On the last night of filming, he came into my trailer after he’d clearly been drinking heavily. He fell on his knees and asked if I could ever forgive him. I said, “Not right now. I have a scene to shoot. Excuse me,” and just walked out. Nicolas didn’t manage to kill the film, but he didn’t add a lot to it, either.”

Candy says: Wait — you’re not allowed to stick people’s chihuahuas in your coat? Uh-oh.

On Michael Douglas (War of the Roses, Romancing The Stone & Jewel of the Nile): “Michael had originally intended to cast Debra Winger in my part [in Romancing the Stone], but they hadn’t got along as well as he’d hoped. They’d met to discuss it at a Mexican restaurant, and she bit him — or so he said. . . I hadn’t known Michael (who was then estranged from his first wife, Diandra) before we started filming, but we bonded from the start and I soon found myself falling in love with him.”

Candy says: I always like to top off my fajitas with a nice bite of shoulder. Michael sounds uptight.

On Burt Reynolds (Switching Channels): “My unhappiest experience as an actress? Well, that would have to be a film called Switching Channels, which came out in 1987. For whatever reason, the first thing Burt said to me was: ‘I’ve never taken second billing to a woman.’ … Every day there were nasty little digs. For instance, because of my pregnancy, the production team had given me a golf cart so I didn’t have to walk around too much — and Burt even made fun of that. He was just nasty! . . . He later accused me of trying to get him sacked every day and publicly declared that the sound of my name made him want to vomit.”

Candy says: Once in a lifetime comes a man who makes you fall head over heels with his sensitivity, humility and hairless back. Burt Reynolds is not that man.

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