His effortless nonchalance once caused Katherine Hepburn to snap,
"You know you can't act, and if you hadn't been good-looking you would never have gotten a picture."
According to that wikipedia list, The Fly is being remade again.
I always thought the remake of Lolita is much better than Kubrik's original. Though in part that's down to the censorship the original film suffered, which is perhaps one good reason for justifying a remake. But to be honest I think the new version is a much better film with a much better cast. I hate James Mason in the original.