Vincent Gallo Hired And Fired Winona Ryder

[Vincent Gallo](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/vincent-gallo) has confessed he hired then fired controversial Hollywood star [Winona Ryder](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/winona-ryder) from his new movie - because of the publicity it would create.

The actor-turned-director sacked both Ryder and SPIDER-MAN star KIRSTEN DUNST from [Brown Bunny](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/brown-bunny) on the morning they were due on set to start filming.

And he admits he had no intention of ever working with Ryder - and only cast her because of the headline-grabbing shoplifting trial she was embroiled in at the time.

Gallo says, "I knew she was going to jail and this will be good for the movie. I would never cast Winona Ryder in a significant role."

He says he fired Dunst because of the demands of her "lunatic agent" and moved onto Ryder after she called him "every five months".

Gallo is at France's [Cannes Film Festival](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/cannes-film-festival) promoting the movie, with CHLOE SEVIGNY.

22/05/2003 13:59