18 Lies That Launched Beloved Pop Culture

Maybe we’ve been too hasty with the whole ‘honesty is the best policy’ thing.
18 Lies That Launched Beloved Pop Culture

To be a good storyteller is to be a good liar. Sure, good stories are entertaining and (hopefully) harmless lies, but they are still lies nonetheless. Nothing in a story is true and storytellers don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. It's with that in mind that several successful storytellers, whether they are actors, filmmakers, directors, or other entertainers, told the occasional lie or two in order to get a role, get a job, or get funding.

If it wasn't for a lie, we never would have had The Walking Dead. If it wasn't for a lie, Trey Parker and Matt Stone never would have had careers. If it weren't for a lie, Will Smith wouldn't be in Men In Black.

Here are the stories behind those lies and other examples of creative people who used outright deceit and trickery to make sure their work got made.

In order to avoid orice-gouging, fans, and journalists, Lucasfilm convinced everybody they were shootinga a cRauns horror film called Blue Harvest...
The filming of 2016's Blair Witch was SO hush-hush, the studio gave almost all of the cast and crew a fake name for the movie. BLAIR WITCH THERE'S SOM
CRACKED.COM Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to secure his casting in this epic film. He said he was 16 to get the part of a 17 year old. Aocdiyp
18 Lies That Launched Beloved Pop Culture
rd-winner Betty Thomas owes herdirwinner debut to a lie. uy The Second AKE city N CANCER TOGETHER She told a Variety reporter she would be directing a
COMMODORE HAD MISTAKEN PETER MOLY NEUX'S COMPANY TORUS FOR THE NETWORKING COMPANY TAURUS. HE DIDN'T CORRECT THEM AND ACCEPTED 10 FREE COMPUTERS TO DO
PUBLISHERS IN 2003 WEREN'T INTERESTED IN A COMIC BOOK SERIES ABOUT ZOMBIES. ROBERT KIRKIAN So creator Robert Kirkman told them The Walking Dead was ab
In order to get a role in Bohemian Rhapsody, Ben Hardy said he was a drummer. He was not. Hardy knew nothing about the instrument before he signed on
If Tyler Perry had known Gone Girl was based on a book, with fans who wanted it adapted their way, he'd have turned it down. His agent, who knew about
CRACKED COM Werner Herzog forged official documents so he could film in a Peruvian military restricated area. It worked and he made the award-winning
To get funding for ANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL Matt Stone and Trey Parker shot a three-minute preview, complete with costumes and songs, and, as Parker says,
Tom Six deliberately left out a huge detail when he pitched The Human Centipede First Sequence). SIAMESE TUPLET In order to get investors on board for
How did Ali G Sacha TO Baron Cohen manage to convince prominent figures to do an interview with him in Da Ali G show? He invented an official produc

Ren & Stimpy

According to Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi, in 1987 CBS executives refused to grant Ralph Bakshi and him a contract unless they had the fights
In his Die Hard fall, Alan Rickman was supposed to get dropped on the count of three. They dropped him before three, to get a look of pure shock. CRAC

Harold and Maude

In order to get the classic 1971 film Harold and Maude made, producer Robert Evans lied to the executives and didn't tell them that the movie's romanc
Sony really didn't like the idea of actors playing themselves in THIS IS THE END. So Seth Rogen lied and assured Sony they would shoot the movie in a
NDAO Barry Sonnenfeld misled Chris O'Donnell to get Will Smith cast in Men in Black. The producers wanted O'Donnell to play Agent j, and asked Sonnenf
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