Izaba ezintsha zokukhuluma ngomlingisi omnandi osiphelo sakhe esidabukisayo sashiya abagxeki baseHollywood mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwemizuzu emibili kuthulekile. Sekutholakele ubufakazi obusha bokushona kwakhe, eminyakeni engu-30 kamuva kusenokuqagela mayelana nokuthi kube ingozi, ukuzibulala noma ukubulala. Noma kunjalo, akazange adinge ihlazo elinjalo ngokudlala kwakhe okuhle emisebenzini efana ne-Splendor in the Grass, i-West Side Story kanye ne-Rebel Without a Cause. Ngemva kokusenza sikhale njengecala ngendaba enyakazayo ye-Splendor otshanini, wazilahla ngokuthula, hhayi ukukhohlwa, ngesikhathi sohambo lwesikebhe esibizwa ngokuthi i-Splendor, nomyeni wakhe uRobert Wagner kanye nozakwabo wefilimu uChristopher Walken.
URobert Wagner, umlingisi owashada kabili, kubonakala sengathi, ngokusho kukakaputeni womkhumbi, kungenzeka kube yicala lokufa. Kuthiwa uWagner waba nomona ngoWalken. UDennis Davern, ukaputeni womkhumbi, uyavuma ukuthi uhlangothi lwakhe uqambe amanga esitatimendeni sakhe nokuthi abawenzanga mzamo wokuthola isidumbu.
Akwaziwa kahle ukuthi kungani ephinde waveza lesi sihloko, kanti okwamanje u-Wagner, njengo-Walken, usasebenza embonini yamafilimu ngaphandle kokuthinta umsebenzi wakhe nakancane. Nakuba, okwamanje, u-Wagner wehlisiwe ekulingiseni ku-remake yochungechunge Izingelosi zikaCharlie. U-Walken, ngakolunye uhlangothi, usasebenza ngokugcwele futhi ulinde amafilimu akhe amaningana azokhishwa: i-Potsdamer Platz kanye ne-Seven Psychoaths. Kokubili kungabonakala ngo-2012 futhi ngezaphulelo Groupon. Nokho, kulo nyaka abalandeli bakhe ngeke bakwazi ukukhononda ngokuvela kwakhe kwelinye lamafilimu alindelwe ngabomvu, Horse Darkby Todd Solondz.