These 14 Actors Took Their Feuding to The Next Level (4 of 4)

William Shatner and George Takei

This pair’s feud lasted an astounding 10 years and sprouted onset of the original Star Trek series, which lasted between 1966 and 1969. The duo reportedly clashed over close-ups and Shatner who played the role of Captain Kirk was quoted by his co-star Takei, as not being ‘’a team player’’. Shatner however, claims to have barely known Takei and even went as far as putting his co-star’s mental health under question.

“There’s such a sickness there, it’s so painfully obvious that there’s a psychosis there,” Shatner said. “I don’t know what his original thing about me was, I have no idea… I literally don’t know him. I didn’t know him very well on the series. He’d come in for a day or two, as evidenced by the role he played.”

Takei, on his part, says he knows his former co-star Shatner way better than he’s comfortable with. While filming his weeklong appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Takei told the radio host that Shatner, who he described as self-centered among other things, refused to take the stage together with the other cast members in the humor of the sick James Doohan’s final convention appearance. Shatner reportedly referred to his former co-star’s sickness as ‘’Alzheimer’s crap’’.

“[A] monstrous statement,” Takei said of Shatner’s choice of words. “It was not surprising, but yes, shocking. This is the usual thing that happens on the set, whether it was the TV series or the movies, or at conventions. This was another convention where he decided he was not going to do what they wanted him to do, and he walked out.” Doohan, unfortunately, passed away in 2005.

Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe

Some might consider Some Like It Hot as one of the greatest comedies of all time, but filming and set conditions were not the most fun thing; most especially for co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis. Monroe was notoriously trouble causing the person on set, making the producers lose money and time to keep up with her erratic behaviors. Curtis apparently had the last straw when he had to re-film a kissing scene with Monroe. Later, when he was asked what it felt like to kiss Monroe, Tony replied, ‘’it was like kissing Hitler!’’

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford

This is arguably one of the most famous Hollywood feuds of all time, so heated and drama filled that FX developed a series which revolved around the feud and characters involved, with Jessica Lange playing the role of Joan Crawford, and Susan Sarandon playing the role of Bette Davis. Reportedly, these two’s feud dates way back to the 1930s, while Davis starred in Dangerous with co-star Franchot Tone. Davis soon fell, and fell hard, for the charming, handsome actor, but the ball tipped in favor of Crawford for that round, with the actress marrying Tone after production of the movie wrapped up. Davis let everyone know how she felt about that turn of events, even saying that ‘’Crawford slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie.’’

Their bitter rivalry reached its pitch in the 60s when the unfriendly pair found themselves as co-stars on the psychological thriller, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? which served as an almost real life mirror of their feelings towards each other, since the characters in the movie were two antagonistic sisters. However, Crawford lost her composure when she was snubbed by the Oscars, and only her co-star Davis was nominated for an award for her role in the film. She went as far as starting a campaign against Davis, and eventually got some glory when she got to accept the Oscar on behalf of Anne Bancroft, who eventually emerged as the winner of that award but was unable to attend. Producer William Frye spoke up about Davis’ reaction during Oscar’s after-party. He recalls that the slighted actress filled a glass all the way to the rim with scotch and proclaimed that the drink was for Crawford. Frye corrected her by saying that Crawford drank vodka, not scotch, but Davis retorted with a scathing, ‘’I don’t care what she drinks. This is going into her f***ing face.’’ We are left to imagine what went down after that.