Director James L. Brooks is telling people his buddy Jack Nicholson still has acting chops despite ghosting Hollywood for the past fifteen years. The filmmaker worked with the 88-year-old legend on multiple projects that scored him Oscars, and he keeps insisting the guy reads scripts and will eventually show up onscreen again when the urge hits him.
Brooks met Nicholson through Debra Winger back when she pitched him for Terms of Endearment, and the director admits he had zero backup options because nobody else had that kind of audience pull. He shared this story about asking Nicholson how he handles scenes with weak actors, and the response was basically that whatever anyone does opposite him works perfectly.
The pair built this whole professional thing across several movies, and Brooks keeps calling him the best actor from his generation while promoting his latest film, Ella McCay.
Brooks met Nicholson through Debra Winger back when she pitched him for Terms of Endearment, and the director admits he had zero backup options because nobody else had that kind of audience pull. He shared this story about asking Nicholson how he handles scenes with weak actors, and the response was basically that whatever anyone does opposite him works perfectly.
The pair built this whole professional thing across several movies, and Brooks keeps calling him the best actor from his generation while promoting his latest film, Ella McCay.
