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Wait, the cameras weren’t rolling for any of this?!?!

25 Trivia Tidbits From Behind-the-Scenes of TV Shows and Movies

August 11, 2024

Do you know how many cameras there are in Hollywood? We don’t, and we don’t really care to look that up right now. We’ve gathered enough info for one day. All we’re trying to say is that, given that it’s likely a large number, it’s shocking that none of them were rolling for these wildly interesting moments.

We guess we’ll just have to take Hollywood’s word for it.

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RUBY ROSE'S WARDROBE NEARLY CAUSED HER TO DROWN FILMING THE MEG. TITULE SAMP - MINISTRY - The actress said she STATHAM adidas DIAD CURTIS WILSON was dressed in layers to protect from the cold, making swimming very difficult. Then Rose's shoes began filling up with water, dragging her to the bottom of the tank. She drank a lot of THE MEG water before safety THE - PUBLIC divers had to pull COMING - BLICK her up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GUNNAR HANSEN HAD TO WEAR A RANCID SHIRT EVERY DAY IN THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Filmmakers only made one Who will survive costume for Leatherface, and what and it couldn't be cleaned will be for fear of its color fading. left of His shirt became so stiff them? and putrid after wearing it 16 hours a day, Hansen said after a month, you THE America's most betame and TEXAS trutol could lean my suit up CHAINSAW MASSACRE against the wall. What happened it the - the motion - - مع - - adidas - - 12000 - - - CRACKED.COM — Source

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

VERONICA CARTWRIGHT IS ACTUALLY FREAKING OUT AT THE END OF INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. From deep space... Imvasion of the Body Snatchers The - . - - - Production .. Party Film Imagke of the Both Donald Sutherland Brooke Meme Leonard Ninjoy - MP - - - - - - . - - Party Product - - - - I - - Director Philip Kaufman really wanted Cartwright's reaction to be genuine, so he kept the actress in the dark about the ending. When Donald Sutherland reveals that his body has also been snatched, the shock sent her — Source

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Roman Polanski

ROMAN POLANSKI MADE MIA FARROW EAT RAW CHICKEN LIVER IN ROSEMARY'S BABY. Rosemary's Baby Mia Farrow John Cassamos Run Goadon Sony Backmer Maunce Evans and Paper Belamy - / In the scene where the expectant Rosemary craves raw meat, the director had Farrow eat the liver take after take, despite the actress being a strict vegetarian at the time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BILL MURRAY TOOK TO BEING HIS ANNOYING CHARACTER IN WHAT ABOUT BOB? A LITTLE TOO WELL. CRACKED.COM Murray went method with his character Bob Wiley in the film, seeking out ways to anger co-star Richard Dreyfuss, in- cluding yelling that everyone hated him and merely tolerated his presence. Не also playfully shoved producer Laura Ziskin into a lake. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS THE CAMERA BROKE ON THE VERY FIRST SHOT OF MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. CRACKED.COM First-time film directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones leapt feet first into the pro- duction of the movie, choosing an impos- sible location half a mile up Glen Coe in Scotland for their first days of filming. The camera jammed on the first shot, leaving them scrambling to make do. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS EDDIE MURPHY GOT PLASTERED TO DEAL WITH THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENT ON THE SET OF COMING TO AMERICA. CRACKED.COM Eddie Murphy and director John Landis clashed a lot on set due to Murphy coming into this movie already such a huge star. After some weirdness between them, co- star Arsenio Hall gave Murphy vodka to calm his nerves, and he immediately downed the whole quart. Murphy later said, That was the first and last time I'll ever drink. — Source

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Roseanne

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS ROSANNE BARR DISPLAYED A LIST OF HER ENEMIES ON THE DOOR TO HER DRESSING ROOM ON ROSANNE. CRACKED.COM Not trying to hide her aggravation to- wards the crew, Barr prominently dis- played a memo addressing THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIRED IF THEY'RE NOT NICE TO ME. This included, EVERYBODY... ALL PRODUCERS, ALL WRITERS, ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE. — Source

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George Lazenby

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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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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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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The Good Wife

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 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 FACTS JOHN WALKER'S WINK WAS IMPROVISED. THE FALCON GS 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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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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School of Rock

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS 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: He was just amazing. — Source

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BEHINO-THE-SCENESPHOTS 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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Steve Carell

BEHIND-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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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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Walk Hard

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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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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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/100104hamilOZEVRFbjcqdv4DDv.97 — Source

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Toxic Sets

THE YELLOWISH SMOKE DURING THE OPENING CREDITS WAS PRETTY TOXIC 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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BILL SKARSGARD 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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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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