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34 Behind-the-Scenes Movie and TV Moments That Spilled Out Into the Open

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34 Behind-the-Scenes Movie and TV Moments That Spilled Out Into the Open

February 02, 2024

Movie magic isn’t just confined to the big screen. A whole bunch of it doesn’t make it to the final cut, but it happened! It was doin’ its sexy, swirly, magical thing behind the scenes, and luckily for us, some loose-lipped set dwellers let it escape.

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Sissy Spacek slept in her bloody clothes for three days. CRACKED.COM When Spacek's character in Carrie is covered in pig's blood, it makes for quite the stunning visual. During the three days it took to finish the scene, Spacek slept in the blood-soaked clothes to not risk losing continuity. — Source

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BILL SKARSCARD SKYPED HIS BROTHERS A LOT WHILE FILMING IT... IN HIS PENNYWISE MAKE-UP. The Skarsgard brothers were apparently psyched that Bill was playing the iconic clown. Brother Bill ended up skyping them a lot, so they could get a kick out of seeing him all done up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE YELLOWISH SMOKE DURING THE OPENING CREDITS WAS PRETTY TOXIC IN_ THE RETURN of THE LIVING DEAD. Apparently the only way to get yellow smoke was for the production team to use sulfur. It took a few minutes of pumping that smoke to give most of the people on set terrible headaches. CRACKED.COM — Source

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34 Behind-the-Scenes Movie and TV Moments That Spilled Out Into the Open — Source

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Vader's I am your father line was a shock to everyone. Including the Star Wars cast. On the set, actor David Prowse said Obi-wan killed your father. Mark Hamill didn't know what the actual line was going to be until moments before the scene was filmed, and afterward he was sworn to secrecy. Director Irvin Kershner warned Hamill that if the secret got out, he'd know who leaked it. CRACKED.COM http://www.soundandvision.com/news/100104hamil/OZEVRFbjcqdv4DDv.97 — Source

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Playing Anakin Skywalker changed Jake Lloyd's life. And not in a good way. His turn as the adorable future Vader earned him widespread scorn-not just from Star Wars fans, but from his classmates and even the mainstream media, who called him Mannequin Skywalker. Не was bullied so mercilessly that he's given up acting permanently, and destroyed his mementos from the film. http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/03/09/10611651-actor- CRACKED.COM who-played-anakin-skywalker-as-child-swears-off-star-wars-for-good — Source

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Star Wars

Grand Moff Tarkin was a cruel, angry man. Maybe it's because his feet hurt. The wardrobe department supplied Peter Cushing with boots that were too small, so he only wore them in shots where his feet showed. The rest of the time, he wore bedroom slippers. Those slippers are currently in a museum. http://thecushingcollection.tumbir.com/post/1198825847 CRACKED.COM 85/peter-cushings-carpet-slippers-on-display-in-the — Source

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John Lutz (Lutz) and Sue Galloway (Sue) are married in real life. So Lutz's girlfriend didn't live in Canada after all. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SUPERBAD FACTS Seth Rogen said no effing way to PG-13 CRACKED.COM According to one count, Superbad uses the F word 176 times. Watering it down wasn't an option, even when the studios pressed hard for a cleaner version. We were just like, 'No, says Rogen. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE PENIS BELONGS TO A FAMOUS DIRECTOR. ? WALK HARD According to Judd Apatow, the guy whose penis is shown onscreen went on to become a famous director, however, he refuses to reveal who it is. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The cast ramped up the cussing on purpose. CRACKED.COM During production, they heard the studio was angling to get a PG-13 rating. They started spouting more profanity to make that a much harder sell, and managed to keep the R rating. — Source

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BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Apatow worried that Steve would lose a BODY PART CRACKED COM We were looking for who was a professional waxer, says Apatow. Somebody said 'this is the person. And the woman who claimed to know how to wax I think lied. She put the wax over Steve's nipple and we almost lost a nipple. That's all I'm going to say. — Source

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Jason Segel wrote a DRACULA PUPPET MUSICAL in real life. In his early twenties, Segel wrote songs for the super serious musical. WHEN НЕ PLAYED SOME OF THE SONGS TO JUDD APATOW, НЕ WAS TOLD TO NEVER EVER PLAY IT FOR ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AGAIN. BEHIND THE SCENES I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHINO-THE-SCENES SFACTS That was a helluva throw from UNCLE RICO CRACKED.COM Не actually nailed bike-riding Napoleon in the face with Kip's steak. The impact gave Heder two black eyes that you can see in multiple scenes. The steak fling is especially impressive considering actor Jon Gries is a vegan. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS Jack Black scared the heck out of the PARENTS CRACKED.COM The moms were spooked by the rampaging wild man they knew from Orange County and Tenacious D. My mom was just terrified that he was going to be a terrible influence on me, says Jordan-Claire Green. But Black quickly won them over: Не was just amazing. — Source

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SPIDER-MAN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Toby Maguire dance. The producers were worried that audiences would not get the throwback to Maguire's Peter Parker dancing down the street in Spider-Man 3. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Superman

The black suit Superman wears in Justice League wasn't chosen accidentally. In the comics, he wears it after he gets back to life-so, in the movie, it's what he wears after he comes back too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ant-Man

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN THE FIRST LIVE-ACTION ANT-MAN ACTOR Garrett Morris has a super fast cameo as the cab driver in Ant-Man. The SNL alumnus was the first actor to portray the character in a comedy sketch back in 1979. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JONATHAN MAJORS IMPROVISED A LOT. LOKI Director Kate Herron says that Majors kept pleasantly surprising the crew with his improvised movements and lines. For example, Majors was never mean to get up on the desk during his chat with the Lokis-he randomly did it and the camera team just rolled with it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES, FACTS JOHN WALKER'S WINK WAS IMPROVISED. THE FALCON DE WINTER SOLDIER Director Kari Skogland says Walker's nefarious wink at the end of episode one was Wyatt Russell's idea. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Captain America: Civil War

Behind-the-scenes Drama Captain America: Civil War Marvel's CEO tried to get Robert Downey Jr. fired. Kevin Feige and lke Perlmutter's long simmering feud came to a head when Perlmutter tried to get Feige to cut RDJ from the film over his steep paycheck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness The movie had to be changed because of the pandemic. The entire plot was rewritten after Marvel's films were shuffled around and this became a sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama NO - - - - в Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The team was supposed to lose. Keeping with its irreverent tone, the film originally ended with the team losing. When the studio changed that, the credits included Ben Stiller's White Goodman mocking the fact that they won. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama The Good Wife Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi couldn't be in the same room. Green screen was needed for the emotional final scene between main characters Kalinda and Alicia, because the actresses reportedly hated each other, according to crew members. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Spider-Man 2 Tobey Maguire was almost fired over his back. Maguire's back complaints, which some viewed as him being a prima donna, led to him almost being replaced by Jake Gyllenhaal. That didn't happen, but the writers added some back jokes which were later referenced in No Way Home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer RIGS charisma carpenter was written out because she got pregnant (according to her). That was reportedly her latest in a long line of sins against regime head and Buffy god Joss Whedon. CRACKED.COM — Source

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To get her role in Bad Santa, Lauren Graham had to hump a chair. I can still remember how terrified I was at the Bad Santa audition. I had to hump a chair ...I humped a chair. Among other things. I had to do basically everything that my character does. And a lot of it is very... visual, she said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jon Bernthal's screen test for The Walking Dead was pretty demanding. The screen test was unlike any other. Frank Darabont had his top 10 contenders come to a soundstage and do the scene between Rick and Shane in a real police car ... Не had all the actors who were competing against each other spend the day together and eat lunch together, said Bernthal. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Vikings

Katheryn Winnick kind of went above and beyond to get cast in Vikings. I went to great lengths to try to do everything I could to get this role. I ended up actually going to a Halloween costume store and renting a costume to try to really embody what Vikings would wear for my screen test, she said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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George Lazenby basically tried to be Sean Connery to get cast as Bond. Не not only got Sean Connery's haircut, he also bought one of Connery's old suits, all to make an impression. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Will Smith

Will Smith was cast as the lead of Fresh Prince at a party at Quincy Jones' place. Не wanted to have at least a week to prepare, but Quincy Jones persuaded him to audition right then and there - so he did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chris Hemsworth thinks his mom helped him get the role of Thor. Не blew his first audition, he says, then tried again, and his mom Leonie read the part of Odin. She must have nailed it, because it got me back in the room, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Elijah Wood shot his own audition tape for the LOTR trilogy back in the day. Не did that way before making your own tape was common and, he says,he enlisted some friends, including George Huang, who is a writer and filmmaker. We went out to the woods in Griffith Park and shot two of the audition sequences there and one at my house. CRACKED.COM — Source

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