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“He was about to shoot that movie.
“It was an intelligent conversation.
I said I really appreciate you thinking of me.
Susan Powter in 1994 and Kevin Costner in ‘Waterworld’.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty; Getty
It’s a movie, I’m not going to be a jerk.
We were talking about doing it, we were talking about the role.
I said, ‘[The character is] just not who I am.’
Kevin Costner and Dennis Hopper in ‘Waterworld’.Universal/Getty
I’m passionate; I’m not angry.
There’s a difference.”
Powter says that’s when “things started to change” between herself and those who worked with her.
“My manager was livid because she wanted the movie.
She wanted me to do a movie,” she says.
“[She thought] it would’ve been a great thing for me.”
“I was not in any way affected by it.”
“I’m not angry.
The opening line ofStop the Insanity!is I am not angry; I’m passionate.
That’s a very deliberate line.”
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Representatives for Costner have not returned EW’s requests for comment.
Check back with EW for more from our interview with Powter.
