13 Famous Authors Who Hated The Movie Versions Of Their Books

9 J.D. Salinger- My Foolish Heart (1949)

This is one author who hated the movie version of his short novella and swore he would not allow Hollywood to make future works into films. When J.D. Salinger consented to a movie adaptation of his short story “Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut” that would be titled “My Foolish Heart”, he was disgusted at the portrayal of a love story instead. He swore he would never release his other works to Hollywood which is why we have never seen a movie adaptation of his most famous work “Catcher in the Rye.”

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10 Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Anthony Burgess detested the movie adaptation of his novella “A Clockwork Orange” and even regretted writing it. He said his novella was instead turned into a glorification of physical tittilation and violence. The reason why he regretted writing the book was because of the movie’s misrepresentation of his work.

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11 Ronald Dahl- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Ronald Dahl said that the movie adaptation of his work “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” was “crummy”. He also remarked that Gene Wilder was pretentious and bouncy and said that the director Lacked talent and flair. He also promised that no producer would ever touch the sequel “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator” in his lifetime.

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12 Ken Kesey -One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Even though One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest won every major Academy Award (best actor, best director, best actress and best screenplay), its author Ken Kesey was not in the least impressed. He also left the film two weeks into production because he was annoyed at the fact that the viewpoint of Chief Bromden was not kept in the movie version.

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13 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend (1964) (1971) (2007)

Among authors who hated movie versions of their films, Richard Matheson had been annoyed with every film version of “I am Legend” right from the start. He felt that Vincent Price was miscast in the 1964 version and the direction was too poor. The Charlton Heston version “The Omega Man” he said was totally removed from the book. In reference to the Will Smith version he said “I don't know why Hollywood is fascinated by my book when they never care to film it as I wrote it.” The last adaptation had in fact completely changed the ending as scriptwriters thought the original version wouldn’t go down well with audiences.

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