Hollywood seems like a wonderful place to those of us who don't delve too deeply into its history. It's where movie magic happens, it's full of shiny celebrities, and it seems very nice.
Actors rise to great heights in our minds because of the roles they play and how we want them to be in real life. However, the stories behind these roles are not always what you think. Sometimes an actor gets a role for completely unexpected reasons.
10. Bill Murray thought that "Garfield" - This is a Coen brothers movie
At this point in his career, Bill Murray is as much an urban legend as the man. There are stories of random people running into him in the most unlikely places and briefly befriending the eccentric comedian, and it happens so often that someone made a documentary about it. It’s hard to know if everything you think about Bill Murray is true.
As for what Murray has said about his work, that's equally odd. For example, he voiced Garfield the cat in the 2004 animated film, which he later joked about in the film "Zombieland" .
Murray, who got his start in comedy and is better known these days for his quirky, prestige comedy-dramas, seemed to be in the film "Garfield" He was in a slum and people wanted to know why. So, in an interview, he explained what happened.
Garfield was written by a man named Joel Coen . According to Murray, he mistook it for Joel Coen , one of the famous Coen brothers from films such as "Fargo" .
Murray explained that once they agreed to pay him enough, he finally went to record his lines, reading only a couple of pages, all of which were terrible. He complained so much that someone had to explain that he was talking about the wrong Joel Coen.
The story is good, of course, but he came back for the sequel, so it seems the job wasn't that complicated.
9. Coolio was promised a role in "Batman 5" V "Batman and Robin".
The Batman franchise has been an absolute rollercoaster of pop culture. From the original comics to the campy '60s show, audiences have always had a general idea of what it was. Then Tim Burton brought a dark and unusual Batman story to the big screen starring Michael Keaton and ushered in the era of the modern superhero blockbuster.
The Batman franchise consisted of four films starring three different actors, each film being perceived as slightly worse than the last, with Burton also stepping down from the director's chair.
Due for release in 1997the movie "Batman and Robin" starring George Clooney and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the franchise had run its course. The film was panned by critics, and the franchise died for over a decade before Christoper Nolan rebooted it with "The Dark Knight" in 2008.
"Batman and Robin" notable for the Batsuits featuring Batgirl and bat nipples, but it also features rapper Coolio in a particularly odd cameo. He does little more than watch the races, and it's odd that such a recognizable face would play the role.
According to Coolio, it wasn't just because he wandered onto the set one day. He says director Joel Schumacher promised him role villain Scarecrow in the planned sequel, which was to be Batman 5. His appearance in "Batman and Robin" would have simply made him a character in the universe. But that sequel never happened, and Coolio never got the role.
8. Patch Adams agreed to make a film about his life in exchange for funding, which he never received.
Patch Adams was one of Robin Williams' most famous roles, in which he plays a titular doctor who uses humor to help his patients. In real life, Dr. Adams was accused of being a bit of a jerk and not nearly as nice as Williams made him out to be.
If this man isn't so loving and funny, why did he even agree to a silly but heartfelt movie about his life? Turns out he may have been a little duped, and maybe that's why he's a jerk. It's a chicken-or-egg situation.
Adams has gone on record as saying he hated the movie, and it's not just that it was a bit sentimental. He says the producers agreed to help fund his nonprofit health project in exchange for making the film. But they never paid for anything.
Adams also had issues with his portrayal in the film, which he felt made him and his work seem silly at best. Critics agreed, and the film received very low marks overall, which the real Adams felt was a kick in the teeth in terms of the actual work he does and the people he is trying to help.
7. Brian Cox thought the reality show he hosted, 007, was a movie.
In 2023, a James Bond-themed reality show called"007: The Road to a Million" . The show challenges couples – friends, siblings, spouses, etc. – to solve clues and find money in exotic European locations, with a lot of ties to the idea of spies and James Bond. It was hosted by star series "Legacy" Brian Cox, which gave it some weight.
Cox later said that he agreed to do the show because he got a call asking about it. He was excited to be in a James Bond film, which he believed he had agreed to do, so he signed up. He had wanted to be in one for years. It was only later that it was explained to him that it was not a 007 film, but a reality show.
6. Will Smith starred in "The New Prince" , because he was broke
Will Smith's career may have started out as some kind of silly, PG-rated rapper, but it's now his turn as a The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , which made him a household name and launched him into stardom. After that, he became one of the biggest actors in the world for a time.
There is a world in which Smith never became the Fresh Prince, however, and it’s easy to imagine. He didn’t set out to be a sitcom star; it wasn’t his big dream or career goal. Instead, he took it because he was in financial trouble with the IRS, and it was an easy way out.
He once explained that after his song "Parents Just Don't Understand" became popular, he was not fully responsible for his money. He soon became famous, but he was completely broke and had to pay taxes on all the money he wasted.
The IRS seized most of what Smith had bought, including a car and a motorcycle. His second album wasn't a hit, so a girlfriend suggested he "hang out on "Arsenio Hall Show" and try to meet someone famous. This advice is absolutely baffling, but not as baffling as the fact that it worked. Smith ran into Quincy Jones, they got to talking, and he pitched the idea "The Fresh Prince" The rest is history.
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has agreed to star in "On the plane!" For the rug
It's rare for a professional athlete to become an actor, or at least a prolific one, but many athletes have had a few stints in front of the camera. Back in 1980, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a memorable role in the comedy"Airplane!". And the story of how he ended up in the movie is as stupid as the movie itself.
The role of the co-pilot was originally written for baseball player Pete Rose, but he turned it down. The producers managed to get Jabbar, but he had a condition. He wanted an extra $5,000 on top of his promised salary because he wanted to buy a rug. It was the only way to get him on board.
The producers agreed to a bonus carpet, and Jabbar starred in the film, delivering some of the film's most memorable lines.
4. Leonard Nimoy agreed to Khan's Wrath just because Spock died
It is known that the original cast "Star Trek" there have been ups and downs over the years in terms of how they've treated fans, the show, and each other. After all, the show debuted in the '60s and then had a resurgence in the '80s with movies that led to "To the next generation" , and now to the vast universe of Trek shows and movies.
Back in the '80s, Leonard Nimoy was happy to distance himself from the role of Spock. He wasn't a fan. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and didn't want to come back to film "The Wrath of Khan" , because I didn't want to make another bad movie.
Nimoy was persuaded to star in the film when he was told that Spock would die. He agreed that killing Spock off would be better than not appearing at all, so he returned. He would return for the third installment, when the studio allowed Nimoy to not only star but also direct.
3. Celine Dion agreed to record My Heart Will Go On only as a demo
You could make a strong argument that Celine Dion's most famous song is "My Heart Will Go On" from"Titanic" . As one of the highest-grossing films of all time, the song had a reach that none of her other music could match. The fact that she never wanted to sing it makes it even more interesting.
The day she recorded the song, Dion wanted to skip it. She says she was tired; it was probably late, and she never liked the song anyway. It was her husband who convinced her to try the track, at least as a demo. Just something she could say quickly, and then they could go home.
She recorded it, and that recording ended up being what was used in "Titanic" , a song that remained at number one on Billboard for 16 weeks.
2. Randy Savage would only fight a hamster if it was a boy.
In addition to his long career parodying songs, Weird Al has had several moments to shine in television and film. His show The Weird Al Show The 1990s show was as weird as you'd expect, featuring skits, music, and guests. One episode featured wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and part of his routine involved wrestling a hamster.
Wrestling a hamster is stupid, and that should be all you need to know about it, but that wasn't all Randy Savage needed to know. For some reason, Savage had a hard time getting the joke. The skit was supposed to be about him losing, and apparently Savage had a really hard time understanding that because he felt like he shouldn't lose to a hamster. He thought it would hurt his image.
When he finally got the joke, he had one caveat that the producers needed to confirm before he would accept the role. The hamster had to be a boy because he didn't want to lose to a girl.
1. Actors "Starship Troopers" agreed to a shower scene only if the director also undressed
« Starship Troopers" Paul Verhoeven's The Last Jedi is, on the surface, a very silly sci-fi action film full of dumb characters blowing up bugs in space. But underneath it all is the kind of serious satire on war and government that you'd expect from the man behind "Robocop" .
One of the most famous scenes in the movie is in the shower. The whole squad, men and women, are showering together. In the movie, it's very casual, and the idea is that these are soldiers, and they do everything together, and who cares if it's co-ed training. But in real life, these were actors in an uncomfortable situation.
Before they agreed to do the scene, one of the co-ed actors asked Verhoeven if they would take their clothes off if he agreed to do it with them. It was probably part joke, part dare, and part attempt to feel less exploited overall.
Verhoeven had no problem with the request, so when you watch the scene, know that not only the actors, but also the director and his cinematographer, who obviously came from a nudist colony in his youth, have stripped naked.
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