Why Gene Wilder Didn't Make A Movie In His Last 25 Years
Aug-30-2016

Why Gene Wilder Didn't Make A Movie In His Last 25 Years

� Gene Wilder made more than enough iconic films to cement his legacy but during the later years of his life, Wilder appeared in almost nothing.
� His last feature film, "Another You," came out in 1991.
� Fans recently found out he had Alzheimers in the last three years of his life but why didn't he make movies before that?
� Perhaps an interview at New York's 92nd Street Y in 2013 sheds some light; Wilder explained how he had become disillusioned with the style of films that were gaining in popularity in Hollywood.
� "I didn't want to do the kind of junk that I was seeing," Wilder said during the interview. "I didn't want to do 3-D, for instance. I didn't want to do ones with loud bombing and swearing."
� "If something comes along that's really good and I think I would be good for it, I would be happy to do it. But not too many came along," Wilder said.
� But just because he was off camera doesn't mean he wasn't busy. After shying away from show business, Wilder wrote six books, including a few novels and a memoir.

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