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In an era where content is king, we all want to milk one piece of art for all its worth. Producers know that the movie itself isn’t enough to satiate us. And so, they get those behind-the-scenes cameras rolling, they get those actors out on worldwide press tours, and when all is said and done, they realize that maybe some of the shadier happenings should’ve been kept a little more hush hush.

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They poured acid on Arnie for The Terminator. They poured it on his jacket to make it smoke, so it'd look like it had been on fire. Не says that was worse than having to do stunts like falling through a window or landing on glass. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Harry Potter

The feast scenes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone literally stank. The food was left there for three to four days of shooting, so by the second day, the actors had to do endure the stench of rotting food. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Mummy

Brendan Fraser got strangled while filming The Mummy. The director had Fraser's noose tightened in his hanging scene -- it ended up being so tight, Fraser had to be set down and resuscitated. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jonah Hill got sick from inhaling vitamin powder for Wolf of Wall Street. The powder was fake cocaine, and it made him sick because he'd had to snort it for months and months. In the end, he had to be hospitalized for three weeks. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A lot of the time on the Elysium shoot, Matt Damon had to throw away what he was wearing at the end of the day. Many scenes were shot in Bordo Poniente in Mexico City, the second-largest garbage dump in the world. Just hanging out there had a very real risk of making you sick, and reusing clothes would have been a health hazard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE CONQUEROR was the most carcinogenic set of all time They filmed so close to an atomic bomb test site that 91 out of the 220 cast and crew members got cancer later in life. 46 of those, including John Wayne, died from it. Radiologist Dr. Robert Pendleton said, Blame for their exposure on set would hold up in a court of law. CRACKED — Source

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Werner Herzog

CRACKED Death and snake venom on FITZCARRALDO In Werner Herzog's 1982 film, several indigenous extras were killed or injured. A logger was bit by a venomous snake, and had to cut off his own foot with a chainsaw to stop the poison from spreading. — Source

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Goldfinger

Asbestos exposure on GOLDFINGER The 1964 James Bond movie used asbestos boards in its set construction. Set painter Ronald Sharp later developed mesothelioma and died at age 59. His widow sued his former employers for compensation. CRACKED — Source

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Ishtar

CRACKED Sun poisoning and a dead cobra on ISHTAR The 1987 movie was shot in the Sahara Desert, where director Elaine May found out she was allergic to the sun. She had to wear bandages completely covering her face. Oh, and a cobra that was supposed to appear in the film died of a heart attack. — Source

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Ed Lauter

Actor ED LAUTER died of mesothelioma In 2014, his widow Mia Lauter sued CBS and NBC, claiming that her late husband was exposed to asbestos in their studios. Because he worked in so many movies and shows, his exposure to asbestos was off-the-charts high. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED A hostile set made MELISSA MCCARTHY physically ill She said that she once worked with someone who ran such a volatile, hostile set that it made her physically ill. My eyes were swelling up, | was absorbing all of this nuttiness. There were people weeping, visibly so upset by this one person. — Source

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Rapa Nui

CRACKED Starvation on the set of RAPA NUI In 1994, Kevin Reynolds' passion project was filmed on Easter Island, in the Pacific. We had one flight a week from the mainland, and there were times we ran out of food to feed people, and things like that, it was...if was very bad. — Source

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A myriad of diseases on the set of SORCERER William Friedkin's 1977 thriller was shot in Ecuador and the Dominican Republic for 10 hellish months. Не lost 50 pounds and contracted malaria, and at least 50 cast and crew were evacuated from the set with malaria, food poisoning, gangrene, or other injuries. CRACKED — Source

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The cast was subject to constant psychological torture. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT CRACKED COM They were periodically told to pick fights with each other, while being stalked through the woods day and night by crew members. — Source

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The actors were losing their minds, and their lunches. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE CRACKED.COM Conditions were hot, gross, and terrifying. Everyone was on edge all the time, and the cast routinely leaned out the window to puke during the dinner scene. — Source

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Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi injured and tortured Bruce Campbell for months. THE EVIL DEAD CRACKED.COM The whole cast was in the dark when it came to Raimi's practical effects, but Campbell took the brunt. For example, Raimi routinely re-sprained his ankle. — Source

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Wes Craven

Wes Craven threatened to murder Drew Barrymore's dog. SCREAM GRACKED COM In order to rile her up into the blubbering ball of fear she becomes, the director recounted acts of animal cruelty to her between takes, culminating in the graphic threat. — Source

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Poltergeist

Oliver Robins, Poltergeist While shooting the scene where Robin's character was attacked by the clown doll, the device was caught around his neck and caused the actor difficulty breathing. Spielberg rushed to his aid, preventing any serious injury. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Others

Alakina Mann The Others Mann had to stay indoors during daylight hours for the duration of the three-and-a-half-month shoot in order to remain pale. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Birds

Illegal filmmaking Alfred Hitchcock terrorized actors and birds) on The Birds. Hitchcock pelted actress Tippi Hedren with live birds (injuring and killing the birds), and force-fed whisky to seagulls to get them to stay still for longer. Hedren was hospitalized, and he ruined her career when she refused his sexual advances. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking Extras died in 1928's Noah's Ark. For the flood, cameraman Hal Mohr quit when director Michael Curtiz rolled his eyes at his safety concerns. Three extras died, another lost a limb, and a dozen suffered serious injuries, but Curtiz somehow escaped any legal repercussions. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking Easy Rider's drug use and knife fights, The drugs used on camera were real, and the cast and crew partook off-camera as well. Director Dennis Hopper also threatened actor Rip Torn with a knife, but claims Torn pulled a knife first. CRACKED — Source

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Ryan Gosling

Illegal filmmaking Ryan Cosling was arrested for trespassing on Lost River. As a director, Gosling was location scouting in Detroit by trespassing in abandoned buildings without permits. Not recognizing him, police arrested him thinking he was stealing copper piping. CRACKED — Source

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Full Metal Jacket

Asbestos rained down daily on FULL METAL JACKET Matthew Modine (joker) said, That was one of the most toxic places I've ever been. We'd be having a cup of tea in the morning, and all the dust would fall in. You just drank the tea and didn't think too much about the dust. There was asbestos everywhere from the buildings that were knocked down. CRACKED — Source

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The Terminator

CRACKED THE TERMINATOR filmed without a permit and poisoned the crew Since they didn't pay for permits, they snuck a lot of shots on L.A. streets. They didn't stop filming when pesticides were sprayed over the city, so the fog washing over the cast and crew was incredibly toxic. — Source

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The Wizard of Oz

THE WIZARD OF OZ almost killed Buddy Ebsen Before Jack Haley, Ebsen was the original Tin Man, but the aluminum dust used to coat the costume almost killed him. The cramps in my arms advanced into my chest and | wouldn't even be able to take a breath. | was sure | was dying. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED The cast and crew of TITANIC ate PCP-laced clam chowder Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were spared, but on the film's last night in Nova Scotia, James Cameron, Bill Paxton and crew were sent to Dartmouth General Hospital with bad trips, fearing they'd O.D. Cameron made himself throw up, a lot. — Source

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Predator

Unclean water on PREDATOR They shot the 1987 movie in the jungles of Palenque, Mexico, and many of the cast and crew got sick with travelers' diarrhea because of the unpurified water. Kevin Peter Hall said, Predator wasn't a movie, it was a survival story for all of us. CRACKED — Source

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