Harvey Keitel Threw ‘Bad Lieutenant’ in the Trash Before Giving One of His Greatest Performances
Abel Ferrara recalls how Christopher Walken’s last-minute exit nearly derailed his 1992 classic, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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Three weeks before filming was to commence on Bad Lieutenant , Abel Ferrara ‘s pitch-dark 1992 crime masterpiece, the director had a problem.
His leading man, Christopher Walken, had decided he couldn’t play the bad lieutenant. And Ferrara had already spent his salary.
