So Ned Beatty Was Rude

Ned Beatty is in a broadway show??? Ewww

I cannot STAND Judd. But still, Beatty was CRUDE.

He wont win the Tony, he is a longshot for sure...I was being flip with my Tony Remark

In the interview where he dissed Patric and Judd, he mentioned how wonderful Fraser was in the role. Probably pissed that Brendan didn't wind up in this Broadway outing.

Still, they would have needed a Maggie.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF was the perfect example of how things can go wrong when a production crosses the Atlantic. I'd seen--and loved--the play when I saw the Elizabeth Ashley-Keir Dullea-Fred Gwynn production at Stratford, CT. I heard great things about the London production and eagerly anticipated the Broadway mounting of it. However, it was a major disappointment.

Ashley Judd is lovely to look at, but her Maggie was one dimensional. Never once did I feel the ferocity of her character. She was a delightful; little girl from the begiining to the end and there was no growth or character development. I guess the poor lass missed all the closeups she needs to project a character's feelings.

Jason Patric was a little better as Brick (and I think Beatty even said that) but there was almost no tension between him and Maggie or him and Big Daddy.

I had to agree with Ned Beatty's assessment of the two actors, but it was wrong of him to say it while the play was still in production. However, it DID result in a zoom at the box office.

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Well, Fraser did do Gods and Monsters, but Ian McKellen acted circles around him. Fraser's good, but he's not that good yet.

Yeah, he can be rude. He just ain't the same since I made him squeal like a pig.

I dont mind if he gave the interview afterwards, thats then just good gossip, but I just cannot help but feel it was lousy during the run for him to make such remarks

I love a Rebel myself, but hardly do I consider Beatty one. More likely just a grump

LMAO

I guess I just don't see the rudeness and hatefullness. Someone truthfully gave their opinion that possibly stemmed from frustration. When you reach a certain age you tend to eliminate a lot of BS and just shoot from the hip. I admire that. People here are forever proclaiming the right to voice their opinions. Why should his opinions have been kept silent? Unfortunately his comments weren't enough to light a fire in these two co-stars.

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He should have kept his opinions to himself because of this little concept called 'tact.' It's one thing to talk about a show after the fact, another to lambaste your own co-stars while in the midst of a run that you're expecting people to pay money to attend. It's common sense: you don't crap on your co-workers in front of the people who are supposed to be your audience.

It's not a question of someone's 'rights' (and can we have a moratorium on THAT word, at least until people know what the hell it means,) it's about class and respect for one's co-workers and one's audience.

Of course rudeness is based on perception. In a public interview, you'd expect someone to lean to the side of politeness, instead of frank, and in this case, inappropriate honesty. It wasn't the place. He knows better. And so do you.

..it would be super if only Ned got on line to discuss...LMAO

The lack of tact does not denote that one is mean. An honest assessment of something is not rude. Here again, people seem to feel that when they read, see, or hear something not to their liking then it's rude. Please. One person's rudeness is another's person's breath of fresh air. People may, and have, disagreed with the timing of his comments. That could always be debated, but without knowing if there was an underlying motivation for his comments who knows better than Beatty if it was the right time for him to have said something.

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