The 1990s brought the grand emergence of the ultimate action film, for many movie enthusiasts. This was the decade in which major movies became franchised series that made a fortune for megastars on the silver screen.
During the big action star era, ‘90s action stars were the charismatic heroes who would come to “kick a** and take names”, often with a couple of attractive sidekicks on hand. These roles took on larger than life personas that the actors still have with them today.
Of course, that doesn’t tell us much about the likes of these celebrities off the stage. Now, just as co-workers spilled the beans about the 1980s action stars they worked with, stars, stand-ins, and filming crews are eager to fill us in on what it’s like to work with 1990s action stars.
Some say these actors are every bit worth the positive hype the media gives them (Harrison Ford’s colleagues just can’t stop singing his praises), while others admit to much more frustrating and surprising situations on set.
Better or worse, these people are spilling the beans on what it’s like to be around action stars of the 1990s.
1. Halle Berry Revealed That Pierce Brosnan Once Saved Her Life On Set
According to Halle Berry, Pierce Brosnan was just as much of a suave and heroic man on set as his character, James Bond.
Berry is known for doing her own stunts and has broken numerous bones for the sake of getting the perfect, most realistic versions of her scenes. She insists that these often dangerous stunts and the injuries they inflict bring out some of her very best acting.
Still, Berry once admitted to Jimmy Fallon that she was still embarrassed by an occurrence during the filming of Die Another Day. It turns out Brosnan ended up saving her life on the set. Despite the many action scenes in the movie, Berry’s perilous adventure came unexpectedly during a love scene:
I was supposed to be all sexy, and, like, trying to seduce him with a fig. And then I end up choking on it. And then he had to get up and, like, do the Heimlich. So not sexy.
2. David Mamet Thought Sean Connery Was Sweet And Thoughtful
When The Hollywood Reporter interviewed screenwriter David Mamet shortly after Sean Connery’s 2020 passing at age 90, he remembered the actor as witty, sweet, and thoughtful. Mamet first met Connery on the set of the 1987 movie, The Untouchables:
During post-production [Sean] was in Majorca, and we made a date to speak on the phone. Before our scheduled call my cousin called. She was in Ohio with a failed marriage, a husband who’d just lost his job, and, no doubt, the attendant kids down sick. She was beyond despair. I told her I’d have to get off the phone as I was expecting a call from Sean Connery, and I’d call her back after the business call.
Then, she got a surprise she could have never expected.
Mamet recalled that he relayed the message to Connery, who immediately asked for the woman’s phone number.
I gave it to him, he rang off, called her in Ohio, and chatted for half an hour.