John Belushi

2022 - 12 - 28

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John Belushi And Jack Nicholson's Bizarre Feud Explained - Looper (Looper)

John Belushi and Jack Nicholson had a strained relationship after the former starred in Nicholson's "Goin' South" production. Here's what happened to the ...

Yet the actor's drug intake during the making of ["The Blues Brothers,"](https://www.grunge.com/460375/the-surprising-connections-between-the-blues-brothers-and-star-wars/) which also complicated the production (via [Yahoo News UK](https://yahoo-movies-uk.tumblr.com/post/126099017823/the-most-scandalous-film-sets-in-hollywood-history)), indicates Nicholson may not have been to blame for the conflict. [financial disappointment](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0077621/credits/?ref_=bo_tt_tab) and failed to impress critics. [TCM](https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/28062/), "Goin' South" was a labor of love for the director. By the time shooting wrapped, his role had been cut back because of his behavior (via TCM). According to Patrick McGilligan's Jack Nicholson biography "Jack's Life," "Belushi blustered and posed, but he was fundamentally sweet — the kind of guy Nicholson liked to take under his wing." ["Saturday Night Live"](https://www.looper.com/22766/untold-truth-snl/) original cast member John Belushi was a brilliant actor whose enthusiasm for drugs and partying threatened his career. McGilligan writes, "He made petty demands and fought with the 'Goin' South' producers, especially Harold Schneider, whose job it was not to lose fights." Per [Film Stories](https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/the-film-that-tempted-jack-nicholson-out-of-retirement/), Nicholson has unofficially retired from performing and is still living in Hollywood. For one thing, Nicholson had three editors working on the material simultaneously, and he also had multiple cameras running at once. According to [Ultimate Classic Rock](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-belushi-leaves-saturday-night-live/), he was fired and rehired from "SNL" several times. A Western comedy directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, 1978's "Goin' South" features the actor as a third-rate outlaw, Harry Moon, who has finally been caught and sentenced to execution. But he's also a disciplined actor who earned three Academy Awards and received nominations for several more (via [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/awards/?ref_=nm_ql_2)).

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John Belushi Had A Major Grudge Against This A-List Celebrity (GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT)

John Belushi, filming his second movie after leaving SNL, started a feud with a Hollywood legend thanks to his bad behavior.

Belushi was the type of Hollywood personality that Nicholson was hoping he could mentor, but the belligerent comic was faced with a steadily shrinking role in the film due to his bad behavior. Jack Nicholson would go on to write and direct in other films, including the 1990 Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes, with significantly less drama and conflict than his one attempt at directing Belushi. Despite patching things up in the last days of John Belushi’s life, the fallout from his behavior on Goin’ South clouded Hollywood for years after the fact. The two stars sniped at each other through interviews to finish out the 70’s, but just a month before John Belushi’s passing, the two managed to bury the hatchet. Nicholson, as a director, strived to create an open, everyone is part of the family and working towards a common goal attitude on his sets. [Turner Classic Movies](https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/28062/) includes a breakdown of the issues on set between John Belushi and Jack Nicholson, while a 1984 story in [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/06/01/script-for-disaster-belushi/06f10e9e-1bd3-4195-865b-fc51b55b9d67/) (written by Bob Woodward), goes into further detail on Belushi’s drug problems, what made them worse, and the famous actor that encouraged Belushi’s bad behavior.

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