20 celebrities who hated their biopic

Pamela Anderson was not a fan of the limited series Pam & Tommy, which told the story of Anderson and Tommy Lee’s love. Though she had no issues with Lily James, the actress who portrayed her, Anderson said she didn’t understand how the series was even able to be made. 

The biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It starred Angela Bassett as legendary singer Tina Turner, who suffered an abusive marriage at the hands of her ex-husband Ike Turner. Ike didn’t like the film, claiming it was riddled with lies about him and their relationship. 

A biopic hasn’t been made solely about Jada Pinkett Smith, but she was a major part of the All Eyez on Me, the Tupac biopic. Smith was unhappy that the film took dramatic license and, according to her, misrepresented her relationship with the late rapper. 

Like Jada Pinkett Smith, Lill Kim hasn’t had her own biopic, but due to her relationship with Biggie, she was portrayed prominently in the late rapper’s biopic Notorious. Lil’ Kim thought it was a terrible movie, and she even ragged on it again 10 years after its release.

Critics and fans loved The Social Network, the biopic about Mark Zuckerberg and Co. creating Facebook. Zuckerberg was not one of the fans, though, and thought the film misrepresented him and his company’s mission. The company seems to have fared fine after the film, though. 

Art Howe was one of the characters portrayed in the biopic Moneyball, and he did not like how it turned out. The film was adapted from the 2003 book of the same name, which Howe didn’t like either, so he wasn’t surprised with the result of the film. 

Sarah Palin was unhappy with a movie she had not even seen. In Game Change , Julianne Moore starred as the infamous politician who ran for Vice President alongside John McCain in 2008. Palin said ahead of time that neither she nor McCain would be seeing the film because they felt it was full of lies. 

The Blind Side won Sandra Bullock an Oscar and the hearts of many fans, but Michael Oher, the former NFL player who the story is about, wasn’t thrilled with the film. The movie shows Oher struggling with football in the beginning, and he is offended as he says he has always been good at the sport. 

Per Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the biopic Winnie Mandela , starring Jennifer Hudson as the eponymous character, did not accurately portray her story or the events of her life as an anti-apartheid activist. Mandela said no one from the film reached out to her to discuss the story ahead of time. 

Julian Assange also had some misgivings about The Fifth Estate , the biopic about Assange and WikiLeaks, before filming. He was so concerned that he personally reached out to Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor who played Assange, urging him to quit the project. Cumberbatch considered his request, but he ultimately stayed in the role. 

The biopic Patch Adams told the story of Hunter Adams, one of the pioneers of hospital clowning. Adams was happy with Robin Williams’ portrayal of him, but everything else about the film he criticized, as did critics. 

The Doors band member Ray Manzarek was one of the subjects of the biopic The Doors, and he had a mixed bag of feedback for the film, much of which was negative. Though he liked how the band’s performances were filmed, he was very critical of how his former bandmate Jim Morrison was portrayed. 

The Late Shift told the story of the battle between David Letterman and Jay Leno to replace Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, and Letterman did not hold back his thoughts on the film. He was particularly offended by the actor who portrayed him, John Michael Higgins, comparing his interpretation of Letterman to a monkey. 

Legendary journalist Gloria Steinem didn’t have good things to say about the series Mrs. America, which showed Steinem’s and other feminists’ roles in the campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Steinem didn’t like the way the series portrayed women and thought the historical events were misinterpreted. 

Former Vice President Dıck Cheney’s biopic Vice was not well-received by him. When asked if he had any feedback for Christian Bale, the actor who played Cheney, the former VP said, “Tell him he’s a dıck.”

MC Ren was portrayed in the film Straight Outta Compton, but he felt he should’ve been featured more. According to the rapper, he had a more significant role in NWA than in the biopic. 

Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor played a major role in the story portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Argo, but Taylor and the Canadian government didn’t get as much screen time in the film as they thought was deserved. 

Olivia de Havilland was portrayed by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Ryan Murphy FX anthology series Feud, the first season of which tells the story of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. De Havilland was so offended by her portrayal in the series that she filed a lawsuit against FX. 

Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, Girl, Interrupted, a bout her time spent in a mental hospital was adapted into a film starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. Though Kaysen, played by Ryder, was complimentary toward Jolie, she didn’t like the whole film. 

Frank Abagnale was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can. The biopic subject initially liked the film, but he eventually turned against it, wishing that the mistakes he made at that time in his life hadn’t been crystalized in film.