As for Hackman, it's quite obvious to say that he's one of the few stars to ultimately come out unscathed at first glance since he wound up winning an Oscar. But at the same time, you can't over-look the fact that he was also a huge factor in the turmoil during the production of the movies. As the story goes, Hackman quit in the middle of filming Superman II in protest of the firing of the original director Richard Donnor. In order to attempt to fill in the gaps, the film-makers used a mixture of a stunt-double and voice-over artist in several scenes (especially towards the end of the movie).
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