Alec Baldwin has said he thought his career would "end" after starring in Tim Burton's cult classic 1988 comedy-horror Beetlejuice.
The 61-year-old actor admits he had "no idea" what Tim Burton's cult 1988 comedy-horror "was about" and feared the film would receive negative reviews.
Speaking to GQ magazine's YouTube channel, he said: "When we did Beetlejuice I had no idea what it was about. I thought my, all of our, careers are going to end with the release of this film. Maybe we're all going to be dead."
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Baldwin explained that although he had concerns about the role, it was his co-star Michael Keaton, who starred as the titular character, that persuaded him of the movie's potential success.
"Michael came and knew the secret. Because I would act and then I would have some doubts. I was much more neurotic about what I would do, and I was very young starting out in films," he said.
"And Keaton just came out and he was like the comedy Annie Oakley. He was so self-assured. He just tore it up."
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The 30 Rock star went on to compare Burton to a "crazy professor" and praised his direction.
He said: "Tim was looking down at a piece of paper and maybe this is the only direction Tim gave me the whole entire movie. He would look up and go, 'No. Don't do that.' And then go back to the paper and draw.
"When you're around Tim, he was just such a crazy professor. That's one of the earliest movies I made, and you see everything that's brought to bear in making movies in a movie like that."
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