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Sure, a few extras died, but the rest of us had such a rewarding experience on set

40 Behind-the-Scenes Movie and TV Show Facts That Are Not Publicist-Approved

February 25, 2024

Any publicist will tell you that it’s all about the positive spins, baby! So instead of describing your director’s behavior as “tyrannical,” you could say that he was “passionately committed to his vision at all costs.” Actually, you might wanna leave out the “at all costs” part, since it could lead to questions about giving the teen actors amphetamines to work them 18 hours a day.

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Illegal filmmaking David Fincher took matters into his own hands on Alien 3. Producers thought the drooling Xenormorph was too much, so Fincher took a rogue crew, stole an alien costume, and took Sigourney Weaver to another location (without a permit) to shoot the scene against their wishes. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking Piano thievery on Be National Lampoon's Animal House. The production brought the Delta Tau brothers up to the University of Oregon five days before shooting to bond. They hit up a real frat party that involved hard drugs and a massive brawl, and they stole a piano. 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 The Hangover 2 stole an artist S design. When Ed Helms' character gets Mike Tyson's exact face tattoo, they didn't ask artist S. Victor Whitmill for permission to use his original design. Не sued the production, and instead of digitally altering his face in post, they settled out of court. 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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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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Hollywood feuds VAL KILMER & TOMMY LEE JONES VS JOEL SCHUMACHER Schumacher said, I'm tired of defending overpaid, overprivileged actors. I pray I don't work with them again. Не called Jones an asshole and Kilmer psychotic, and said, The two weeks where Kilmer didn't speak to me was bliss. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds REESE WITHERSPOON VS VINCE VAUGH On Four Christmases, they found each other to be entirely vile. The hatred was so intense that a source said, Sometimes Vince will be standing behind her and he has this look on his face that he just wants to kill her! CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds CRIMINAL MINDS VS THOMAS GIBSON Gibson had numerous verbal and physical on-set altercations. In 2010 he reportedly shoved an assistant director, and he was fired in 2016 for kicking a writer in the shin because of creative differences. CRACKED — 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lea Michele started puking when she sang Let It Go in Glee's final season. While singing, she looked up, and a lot of fake snow started falling into her mouth... so she ended up choking on it and throwing up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In The Wizard of Oz, they banned the main actors from eating in the cafeteria. The actors who played the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion apparently looked so gross eating in makeup, they couldn't have lunch in the cafeteria. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany had a disgusting, snotty kiss on WandaVision. They call it Snotgate, and it involved one of them (they can't agree who) having their nose suddenly start running during a passionate kiss. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robert Pattinson licked up mud and made himself throw up for a movie. It was The Lighthouse, and that was part of his process for playing an insane character (and pissing his pants was another part of it). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The android blood in Aliens was a bunch of rancid, super-gross milk and yogurt. It wasn't supposed to be spoiled, but they didn't keep it refrigerated, so Lance Henriksen had to drink milk and yogurt left under hot studio lights. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Anne Hathaway had to sing while surrounded by very quickly rotting seafood. They put in seaweed and barrels full of decomposing fish on the Les Miserables set, for the right vibe -- under studio lights, that smelled terrible. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED GAL GADOT AND JOSS WHEDON Gal Gadot, who starred in Justice League, said that Joss Whedon threatened to ruin her career when she asked to make changes to her character in the 2017 movie. She quickly reported the issue to the people in charge, who sorted it out. — Source

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CRACKED ASHLEY JUDD AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN (YES, THERE'S A THEME HERE) Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein for defamation and sexual harassment. She alleged he spread lies about her after she refused his advances, resulting in her missing out on a major role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. — Source

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ACTRESSES WERE TORTURED INTO BEING SKINNY. Classic Hollywood SUCKED Just like today, young female stars were expected to be thin. Sometimes they'd be ordered to - even forced to. 14-year-old Judy Garland was kept on a very restricted diet, given diet pills, and reportedly made to smoke an awful lot to suppress her appetite. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CHILD ABUSE WAS COMMON. Classic Hollymood SUCKED F в С Shirley Temple is the rare child star who didn't grow up into a messed-up adult, but that wasn't because of Hollywood's lack of trying. She was only three when she was in sexually suggestive short movies - and when she misbehaved on set, she was forced to sit on a block of ice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTORS HAD IT EVEN WORSE THAN OTHERS. Classic Hollywood SUCKED ARABIA SEPIT FC2 ACROSEMENT When Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, she couldn't sit with her white co-stars - in fact, she was lucky to be allowed in the ceremony at all. And even with her family connections, Lena Horne struggled to get parts, because she refused to play maids. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD WAS RUN BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN TYPES. Classic Hollymood SUCKED Studio execs, agents, and filmmakers were very powerful men, and would often abuse that power. Sexual harassment was rampant - and unlike today, there wasn't the slightest chance the perpetrators would ever face consequences. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CHILDREN WERE DRUGGED TO PERFORM IN MOVIES. Classic Hollymood SUCKED Teens Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were made to work 18 hours a day, six days a week. They were given amphetamines to keep up with that frantic pace (and then sleeping pills to calm them down at night). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hollywood feuds WILLIAM BALDWIN VS SHARON STONE On 1993's Sliver, Stone's violent feud with Baldwin led to her biting his tongue so hard in a make-out scene that he couldn't speak for weeks. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds LENA HEADY VS JEROME FLYNN Cersei and Bronn don't have scenes together on Game of Thrones because the (ex) couple dated in 2002, and they're not on talking terms after the nasty breakup. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds RUSSELL CROWE VS A GLADIATOR PRODUCER While filming Gladiator, Crowe allegedly threatened seasoned producer Branko Lustig, and said that he would kill him with his bare hands, because he was annoying the hell out of him. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds CHEVY CHASE VS CHRIS COLUMBUS Columbus quit Christmas Vacation because of Chase's nasty behavior. Не said, To be completely honest, Chevy treated me like dirt. I called John Hughes and said there's no way I can do this movie. I know I need to work, but I can't do it with this guy. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds GEORGE CLOONEY VS DAVID О. RUSSELL Clooney called Three Kings, Truly, without exception, the worst experience of my life. Russell's abusive behavior led to a physical altercation, and Clooney said, Quite honestly, if he comes near me, I'll sock him right in the f-ing mouth. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds JULIA ROBERTS VS STEVEN SPIELBERG Spielberg said it was an unfortunate time for us to work together, and stated that he wouldn't make another movie with Roberts (who was called Tinkerhell by Hook production staff). CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds EDWARD NORTON VS MARVEL Norton was difficult throughout the entire creative process, but after he insisted on editing The Incredible Hulk, Marvel distanced themselves and hired Mark Ruffalo for future films. CRACKED — Source

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Hollywood feuds VIN DWAYNE DIESEL VS JOHNSON Johnson said, I wish him all the best, and I harbor no ill will there, just because of the clarity we have. Actually, you can erase that last part about 'no ill will.''' They're only on screen together because of split-screening in post-production. CRACKED — Source

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