 Yeah, we just did some tests on some nine-year-olds. After a little puking, well, you couldn't drag them away from the stuff. You're only young once. Why not indulge them? Also in 2001, Gene Hackman was cast in the cult classic The Royal Tenenbaums, directed by Wes Anderson. I'm not talking about dance lessons. Hackman played the role of Royal Tenenbaum, the patriarch of a dysfunctional family.