re: Actors/Actresses who killed their careers by being difficult

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This one has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

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lulz, it further demonstrates how the rules don't apply to Norton

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Norton never wrote a draft of a shooting script

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Because the people you mentioned have much more clout and told him to piss off. Do you understand what the term abandoned means?

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Norton and Hayek did not demand credit

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Dude? The Internet, its not that hard

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Much to everyone’s amazement, not least my own, I delivered, thanks to a phalanx of angels who came to my rescue, including Edward Norton, who beautifully rewrote the script several times and appallingly never got credit - Salma Hayek

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at a press junket for “Red Dragon” in 2002, Norton insisted: “I got shafted by the Writers Guild at the last minute, but I wrote the draft that got made.”

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I got nothing for this except that it reeks of non-story

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Producers work under a budget. Him tossing in an Armani costume, certainly destroys big parts of a budget for a picture like Smoochy, that made $8M with a $50M budget

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The quid pro quo product placement proved tricky. “I could have made Edward a great suit without having to go through millions of phone calls and negotiations,” Ruhm told Premiere magazine. “In the end, I didn’t want him to wear those clothes but . . . well, he did.”

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He did recut it

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And his cut made a whopping $8m in the US. There is no need to be a pain in the arse, when that's all you can deliver

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This is one of those rumors that only shows up in reference to articles about the Hulk.

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No its not. Norton gave this interview where he specifically says the script for Dragon wasnt good, because it didnt have any "kind of transparency" for him

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An LA Times story had people on the record as to how Norton always tries to take over productions

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Ratner told The Times in 2003. ". . . Edward’s instinct is going to be, ‘I have to take over this film.’ He’s going to try to rescue the film.

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Paramount finally placed him in “The Italian Job” with the threat of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.

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Marvel . . . . ultimately refusing Norton the power of final cut. The actor-writer refused to promote “Hulk” -- a deafening silence for a tent-pole film like this

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