BILLY CRYSTAL - CRYSTAL SLAMMED BY CITY SLICKERS SEQUEL DIRECTOR

CRYSTAL SLAMMED BY CITY SLICKERS SEQUEL DIRECTOR

Funnyman BILLY CRYSTAL's nice-guy image has taken a hammering from his CITY SLICKERS sequel director, who reveals the actor was challenging on the set.
British moviemaker Paul Weiland expected the film, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, to be packed with good times and laughs - but, instead, it was a terrible shoot.
And he blames his allergies and Crystal for ruining the experience.
Weiland says, "I'm always slightly anxious at first with movie stars because they can either make your life a dream or a living hell.
"Sometimes you get an actor who is majorly neurotic or powerful and controlling and it's horrible. Billy Crystal really wanted to be directing the movie.
"If you're hired as a director and someone says, 'You're not really gonna be the director; you're there to hold Billy's hand and really he's gonna direct it,' then that's fine. But, to not be told that and then to go in, it's an all-out war - and it's not pleasant."
And when he wasn't dealing with Crystal, Weiland was trying to cope with his allergies.
He adds, "I'm allergic to things like horses and cats. When I made City Slickers II, it was really dangerous because there were horses everywhere.
"I had to be drugged up to the eyeballs for that. I couldn't breathe if I got near a horse; it was horrible."