Hackman has an all-around good reputation among coworkers and directors, but while working on The Royal Tenenbaums, he was apparently a nightmare. There have been horror stories confirmed by costars Gwyneth Paltrow and Anjelica Huston, where Hackman would tear into Wes Anderson.

“I was a lot scared but I was more concerned with protecting Wes,” Huston said during a Q&A panel, adding there was a moment when Hackman told Anderson to “pull up your pants and act like a man.” Anderson has downplayed the event, but did mention that the star was “challenging to work with.”