"He didn't want to do the film anyway," added the director, who didn't stay in touch with the late actor. "I talked him into ...

Wes Anderson remembers an irate Gene Hackman who was 'very annoyed' by the flat-fee salary offered to him on the set of 'The ...

The filmmaker used a flat-rate payment model on "The Royal Tenenbaums." While Hackman wasn't happy, it's gaining popularity ...

Gene Hackman’s death has led many to look back on his remarkable career and at many of his best performances. Among those ...

According to renowned director Wes Anderson, the late Gene Hackman could be “grumpy” — especially when it comes to his money.

Gene was a larger-than-life talent, so it's not surprising that we're still hearing new stories from those who worked with him. The latest comes from director Wes Anderson, whose new film The ...

The Royal Tenenbaums was Anderson’s third feature film and starred Hackman as the eccentric patriarch of a dysfunctional, ...

Hackman died this year, aged 95, with Anderson's offbeat tale, in which he played the titular patriarch of a family of former child prodigies, one of the last he made before retiring from acting.

After Hackman’s death at the age of 95, his Royal Tenenbaums co-star Bill Murray recalled that the late actor had been ...

With remarkable regularity, Anderson has been crafting movies uniquely his own since his 1996 debut, "Bottle Rocket." ...

Wes Anderson has revealed what Gene Hackman really thought of his starring role in the director’s 2001 comedy-drama The Royal Tenenbaums. Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in ...