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She may be best known for Beverly Hills, 90210, but Tori Spelling doesn't even get a mention in the credits of her 2003 sci-fi flick Evil Alien Conquerors.
During an appearance on Stephen Baldwin’s One Bad Movie podcast, the star, 53, explained filming that movie was the worst-ever experience of her career, so much that she begged to go uncredited.
Spelling told Baldwin that she got on such uneven keel with the movie’s writer and director, Chris Matheson, 67, she thought he 'hated' her.
The film starred Diedrich Bader and Chris Parnell as two incompetent aliens who arrive on Earth with a strict mission to behead all of mankind within two-and-a-half days or face destruction from a 100-foot giant.
Spelling, who recently addressed her rift with former podcast co-host and co-star Jennie Garth, easily nabbed the role of an alien in human disguise aided by some unusual characteristics.
'It was a straight offer, and I got it, and they're like, "It's a comedy!"' she recalled.
Tori Spelling's name is synonymous with Beverly Hills, 90210, but her name doesn't even appear in the credits of the 2003 sci-fi comedy Evil Alien Conquerors - and she's just revealed the reason why; pictured on March 26
The daughter of TV mogul Aaron Spelling easily nabbed the role of an alien in human disguise with a furry unibrow and furry feet (pictured in a still from the film)
'All I know is I had a big furry unibrow and furry feet, and I was one of the girlfriends, and it was just I was so excited.'
After 10 years of playing ultimate goody-goody Donna Martin in Beverly Hills, 90210, the daughter of TV mogul Aaron Spelling relished some comedic relief.
But according to Spelling, Matheson was constantly critical of her performance.
'It could be a scene with me and one other actor or a scene with like 20 of us... By the end I knew he'd go through the first take, and then he'd be like "Cut!" And I'm like, "Wait for it," and he'd be like, "Tori…"' she described.
'Every time! He would say it out loud across all the other actors and everyone in the room and I'd be shuddering.'
It got to the point where Spelling just wished to be 'fired.'
'I was like, "Just fire me and recast. This is so hard on me,"' she said. 'I went to set every day just like a puddle of... I don't know. I watched it. I'm fine in it, but I'm like, "Oh, I wish I had done more with it."'
She added: 'It was a comedy. It was just like a goofy comedy. He just didn't like me. And I'm like, "That's okay."'
Appearing on Stephen Baldwin's One Bad Movie podcast, Spelling said the film's writer and director, Chris Matheson, was constantly critical of her performance
'I was like, "Just fire me and recast. This is so hard on me,"' she recalled during her interview with Baldwin
Spelling - pictured on April 20 - said she asked to have her name removed from the credits: 'So if you look it up, it doesn't credit me'
She is best known for playing goody-goody Donna Martin in Beverly Hills, 90210; pictured in a photo with former castmembers, L to R, Gabrielle Carteris, Jennie Garth, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Brian Austin Green, Luke Perry and Ian Ziering
Spelling told the podcast host, who is the youngest brother of Alec Baldwin, that she asked to have her name removed from the credits.
'So if you look it up, it doesn't credit me,' she said.
When asked about Spelling's recollections, Matheson told People: 'I'm sorry she felt that way. I like Tori personally. I just think we have some different ideas about comedy.'
Spelling's enlightening story comes on the heels of her departure from the 90210MG rewatch podcast in late July. She had co-hosted the show alongside Jennie Garth and producer Amy Sugarman since 2020.
During a livestream with former co-star Brian Austin Green, the mother-of-five stated she wanted to take time to 'assess, really reflect' and speak her truth thoughtfully rather than being reactive.
Garth and Sugarman, meanwhile, confirmed the move was '100 percent her decision.'
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