Dennis Hopper names the worst movie of his career
Dennis Hopper's career went through many ups and downs, but there was one film he made in the '80s was just about unbearable.
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Sun 2 February 2025 16:07, UK
Dennis Hopper could have been referring to pretty much any of his movies when he said, âDrugs got me through that one.â In fact, âDrugs got me through that oneâ would have been the perfect title for his memoir. Few Hollywood stars have ever been quite so inextricably linked to drug-taking as Hopper. He even claimed to have introduced the country to cocaine through Easy Rider. His career was defined and crippled by drug use, whether it was through the substances on-screen or the wild antics off-screen.
From the beginning, Hopper was fighting Hollywood within. In his first movie, Rebel Without a Cause, he played the scene-stealing role of a teenage livewire named Goon. Although the film was a star-making vehicle for James Dean, it was clear from the start that Hopper had an unpredictable charisma that could light up a scene.
His breakout moment as a star, an icon, a villain, and a filmmaker came in 1969 with Easy Rider, a film he directed, co-wrote, and starred in. It was The Rebel Without a Cause of its decade, told by the rebels themselves. Hopper and Peter Fonda played young bikers on a road trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans with a wad of cash from a cocaine deal who meet Jack Nicholson along the way. It became the defining film of the counterculture movement, and its surprise box office success kickstarted the era of New Hollywood.
Hopperâs career was uneven, littered with controversy and electrifying performances. He specialised in playing unhinged characters, whether he was a raving militiaman in Apocalypse Now or the gas-sniffing rapist Frank Booth in David Lynchâs Blue Velvet. The latter was the perfect role for him. Playing alter egos âBabyâ and âDaddyâ, he was just about as terrifyingly strange as any actor has ever been on screen.Â
Many film sets suffered from Hopperâs unpredictable outbursts over the years, but the actor also claimed to have had his fair share of difficult experiences, too. During a 2009 interview with Piers Morgan for GQ, he talked about the worst experience he ever had on a film, saying that, although there were a lot of terrible ones, a movie he made in Europe a few years before Blue Velvet took the cake.Â
âI think one I made in Germany in the early eighties called White Star was the worst,â he said. âIt was absolutely terrible. I donât even know if it was ever released.â
When Morgan asked him how he endured making bad movies, he said, âDrugs got me through that one,â and added, âItâs terrible when you know itâs going bad, and you know it immediately. But you just have to still try to do the best job you can.â
White Star was, in fact, released in 1983. Directed by Roland Klick, it stars Hopper as a washed-up former manager of the Rolling Stones who tries to drum up publicity for his new client by inciting a violent mob outside one of his shows. He looks a lot like Marlon Brando in the film but is otherwise unremarkable.Â
At the time, Hopper was going through a lull in his career that wouldnât fully end until Blue Velvet. According to the interview, he would consume about half a gallon of rum, 28 beers, and three grams of cocaine per day, so the fact that he was able to show up for work at all is pretty impressive.
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