Hackman portrayed Stiller's onscreen father in Wes Anderson's 2001 classic 'The Royal Tenenbaums,' which also starred Gwyneth Paltrow Ben Stiller is still mourning the loss of Gene Hackman. When Stiller stopped by ABC's pre-2025 Oscars red carpet show on Sunday,

Murray said Hackman likely saw director Wes Anderson as “just a punk kid” and wasn’t afraid to be “rough” on him

It wasn't his final role, but Hackman's turn in Wes Anderson's family drama is the perfect summation of his talents, writes Empire's John Nugent.

One of the first major film stars to break out in the 1970s, Gene Hackman was the epitome of New Hollywood. An actor with livewire intensity, he had a grit and brusqueness that few others could ever match,

So, when The Royal Tenenbaums came out in 2001 it was deep calling to deep. What was more: Gene Hackman's Royal became my very own proprietary scoundrel, as everyone else in my family considered him to be Zero Mostel-lite and never fully adopted him. But God, they were wrong. He was simply a newer, more suave model: scoundrel perfection.

Following yesterday’s tragic loss of the great Gene Hackman, many who knew him (and even more who simply respected his work) have spoken out about the accomplished star. Now Bill Murray, who appeared with Hackman in Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums has lovingly remembered one of the actor’s final performances,

Gene Hackman was a singular performer whose work has been widely celebrated in the industry. But his prolific career has only been highlighted by his shocking death, which shines a light on the several classic and formative films Hackman starred in throughout his decades-long career.