Cher is looking back at two directors she disliked working with.
In an interview with British media era The singer released the first of her two-part memoir on Friday, in which she discusses her acting career, particularly the difficulties of working with two filmmakers.
“There are only two directors I don’t like: Peter Bogdanovich and Muppets“, she said, recalling her 1985 conflict with Bogdanovich. mask and a 1990s collaboration with Frank Oz mermaid. “I actually came from Muppets Got fired. I said, “Either you go or I go,” which was a shame because he was a very good director, but he was interested in me. He would say, ‘At least my wife loves me!
Of the late Bogdanovich, who died in 2022, Cher continued: “He was an asshole. In the movie he was not nice to girls, and he was so arrogant. I really, really disliked him.
As Bogdanovich’s interview suggests, the feeling appears to be mutual vulture In 2019, the director said of Cher at the time: “She doesn’t trust anyone, especially men. That’s why she dropped her father’s name, Sarkisian.
while shooting mask“,” Cher recalled, “He came in and said, ‘Cher, where do you think we should shoot this scene?’ I said, well, the kitchen works great, why don’t we do it again?” The next morning, he arrived on the set, ate an egg sandwich, and started screaming that he wasn’t going to let me direct the movie; that I was a nobody; that he could cut me out at any time. Oh yes, he is a pig.
She continued, “Ask everyone: I’m really easy to work with. I’m not being dogmatic about what I say because it’s right to do what the director says before you even need to speak. Meryl [Streep] Say if the director asks you to do something you don’t like, just say: Yes, yes, yes, I’ll do it. Then you do it your way and they don’t even notice. I’ve worked with Bob Altman, Mike Nichols, Norman Jewison… really great directors that I respect. I know when to listen.
Earlier this year, Dey Street Books, a division of the William Morrow Group of HarperCollins publishers, announced that it would publish the first of a two-part memoir this November.
“After more than 70 years of struggling to live life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in detail in a two-part memoir,” teases the publisher. “With her signature honesty and humor, Cher: A Memoir Trace how this diamond in the rough managed, without planning or confidence, to become a groundbreaking superstar that the world couldn’t ignore for more than half a century.
The upcoming memoir will chronicle the singer’s childhood until she met and married Sonny Bono, while detailing “the highly complex relationship that made them world-famous but ultimately drove them apart.”
The memoir has been highly anticipated since she first teased she was writing it in 2017. hollywood reporter Last year, Cher quipped: “Well, we’re almost done because [HarperCollins] Asking, “Cher, how long are you going to work on this?” That’s also difficult, but we’re getting close.
Cher: A Memoir Part 1 Available now. Cher: A Memoir, Part Two Will be launched in 2025.
