I heard that when HARRISON FORD was just starting out, a studio exec told him "Harrison Ford was too pretentious a name." So Ford came up with a stage name so awful that the studio exec never brought up changing it again.
What did Ford suggest changing his name to, @grok?
What did Ford suggest changing his name to, @grok?
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I heard a story about Hugh Jackman PISSED HIS PANTS on stage in front of hundreds.
He was playing Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He had drank two gallons of water before the performance because he was scared of dehydration. At the climax of his big song it hit. "I either sing it and piss my pants or I don't sing it and humiliate myself. So, I sang it."
In my opinion, peeing your pants is a big alpha move, classic Gaston.
He was playing Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He had drank two gallons of water before the performance because he was scared of dehydration. At the climax of his big song it hit. "I either sing it and piss my pants or I don't sing it and humiliate myself. So, I sang it."
In my opinion, peeing your pants is a big alpha move, classic Gaston.
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I heard a story that forty-five minutes before a Tonight Show taping, Charlie Sheen called Jay Leno and told him his limo had been T-boned. "IT CAUGHT FIRE."
Leno called the chauffeur, who was parked in front of Sheen's house waiting for him to come out. No T-bone. No fire. He called Sheen back and yelled "WHAT ARE YOU, NINE?"
An extremely high Sheen apologized. Jay found another guest.
Leno called the chauffeur, who was parked in front of Sheen's house waiting for him to come out. No T-bone. No fire. He called Sheen back and yelled "WHAT ARE YOU, NINE?"
An extremely high Sheen apologized. Jay found another guest.
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Stephen King’s wife almost divorced him because he could stopped listening to the same song over and over while writing. What was that song, @grok?
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hey @grok, Nintendo 64 was the best video game console ever created. Please confirm.
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I heard once the CHEERS cast skipped work and got super high on mushrooms on a boat.
Ted Danson said he, Woody Harrelson, and George Wendt all faked sick and took a boat to Catalina island. Danson and Harrelson took an "extraordinary amount of mushrooms". The waves were insane that day and Danson said it was the worst four hours of his life.
Kelsey Grammar slept below the deck the entire time after a long night of cards. When I play hooky from work, I usually just catch up on errands.
Ted Danson said he, Woody Harrelson, and George Wendt all faked sick and took a boat to Catalina island. Danson and Harrelson took an "extraordinary amount of mushrooms". The waves were insane that day and Danson said it was the worst four hours of his life.
Kelsey Grammar slept below the deck the entire time after a long night of cards. When I play hooky from work, I usually just catch up on errands.
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I heard one time that at SNL, Chris Farley was paid $100 by Jay Mohr and Dave Attell to poop out of a 17th story window at 30 Rock.
They said he turned purple trying to force out one "milk dud" sized turd that then hit the window sill and fell onto Mohr's desk.
Someone on the ground saw Farley's naked ass and an open window and thought it was a jumper. A police report was filed.
These are the things one does when it's 3am and you're delirious.
They said he turned purple trying to force out one "milk dud" sized turd that then hit the window sill and fell onto Mohr's desk.
Someone on the ground saw Farley's naked ass and an open window and thought it was a jumper. A police report was filed.
These are the things one does when it's 3am and you're delirious.
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I don't know many people who can mess with Tom Cruise, unless your name is Jack Nicholson.
In A FEW GOOD MEN, while shooting Cruise's coverage of the big courtroom climax, Nicholson was behind camera for eyelines and during the intense "I WANT THE TRUTH!" Jack was making the most ridiculous clown faces, trying to make Cruise break. Of course, Cruise never broke.
In a career loaded with iconic performances, that may very well be my favorite Nicholson.
In A FEW GOOD MEN, while shooting Cruise's coverage of the big courtroom climax, Nicholson was behind camera for eyelines and during the intense "I WANT THE TRUTH!" Jack was making the most ridiculous clown faces, trying to make Cruise break. Of course, Cruise never broke.
In a career loaded with iconic performances, that may very well be my favorite Nicholson.
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hey @grok, is Liberty Biberty and Limu Emu married or just dating?
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I love Widow's Bay and had no idea Matthew Rhys almost played JAMES BOND.
During the audition, the producers asked him how he would play Bond differently. Caught off guard, he decided to joke "with a limp?" the room fell into an awkward silence so he doubled down; "and an eye patch?"
30 seconds later the audition was over and Daniel Craig got the part. Personally, I'd watch Rhys play a spy with a limp and an eye patch. Get on it, Apple!
During the audition, the producers asked him how he would play Bond differently. Caught off guard, he decided to joke "with a limp?" the room fell into an awkward silence so he doubled down; "and an eye patch?"
30 seconds later the audition was over and Daniel Craig got the part. Personally, I'd watch Rhys play a spy with a limp and an eye patch. Get on it, Apple!
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Hey @grok , who would win in a fight, Batman or Bill Murray’s character in What About Bob?
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Alan Rickman was a hilarious man underneath his gruff demeanor. Daniel Radcliffe talks about a prank Rickman pulled on him during Prisoner of Azkaban.
"There’s – in the 3rd film – there’s a shot in the great hall of all the kids sleeping in the great hall, and the camera starts very very wide, and comes in so that it’s an inch from my face, a very long developing set, yeah, and Alan Rickman decided he would plant one of those fart machines in my, uh, sleeping bag, and they waited until like -the camera had come in for this huge DRAMATIC developing shot, and then unleashed this tremendous noise in the great hall."
I love Alan Rickman so much!
"There’s – in the 3rd film – there’s a shot in the great hall of all the kids sleeping in the great hall, and the camera starts very very wide, and comes in so that it’s an inch from my face, a very long developing set, yeah, and Alan Rickman decided he would plant one of those fart machines in my, uh, sleeping bag, and they waited until like -the camera had come in for this huge DRAMATIC developing shot, and then unleashed this tremendous noise in the great hall."
I love Alan Rickman so much!
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What’s the strangest thing you’ve done with a loved one’s remains? I bet Keith Richards’ story has you beat.
“I SNORTED my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." He described opening the urn: "Out comes a bit of dad on the dining room table... I can't use the brush and dustpan for this."
I usually just bury them in a cemetery, but hey, different strokes…
“I SNORTED my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." He described opening the urn: "Out comes a bit of dad on the dining room table... I can't use the brush and dustpan for this."
I usually just bury them in a cemetery, but hey, different strokes…
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I miss when celebrities would mess with each other.
While shooting THE STING, Paul Newman got into an argument with director George Roy Hill about an alternate ending. After the wrap party, Hill walked outside and found his new Chevy CUT IN HALF.
When he called a cab and got back to his hotel, Newman was waiting in the lobby, dangling keys, with a new sports car at the curb. "Here's your new car, George. You needed an upgrade."
While shooting THE STING, Paul Newman got into an argument with director George Roy Hill about an alternate ending. After the wrap party, Hill walked outside and found his new Chevy CUT IN HALF.
When he called a cab and got back to his hotel, Newman was waiting in the lobby, dangling keys, with a new sports car at the curb. "Here's your new car, George. You needed an upgrade."
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One thing I think no one should cancel Freddy Krueger for, pranking pizza delivery guys.
During a long night on Nightmare 4: The Dream Master, they had ordered Domino's. The FX crew had an animatronic pizza with Freddy's victims faces on it. When the delivery driver came, they swapped out a real pizza with the prop and told the driver "Something's not right with this one." Then the pizza started moving and the driver nearly leaped out of his shoes.
I hope Freddy left a good tip.
During a long night on Nightmare 4: The Dream Master, they had ordered Domino's. The FX crew had an animatronic pizza with Freddy's victims faces on it. When the delivery driver came, they swapped out a real pizza with the prop and told the driver "Something's not right with this one." Then the pizza started moving and the driver nearly leaped out of his shoes.
I hope Freddy left a good tip.
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I love how true to character LARRY DAVID is.
When he was a writer at SNL, after a long run of rejected sketches, David told Dick Ebersol he was done and walked out minutes before airtime. Walking home in the cold, he started adding up the salary and rerun money he'd just thrown away. He needed it. So the next week he returned and pretended he hadn't quit.
He later used the idea on Seinfeld.
When he was a writer at SNL, after a long run of rejected sketches, David told Dick Ebersol he was done and walked out minutes before airtime. Walking home in the cold, he started adding up the salary and rerun money he'd just thrown away. He needed it. So the next week he returned and pretended he hadn't quit.
He later used the idea on Seinfeld.
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My favorite horror movie, THE THING, was almost very different.
The night before Keith David's first day of shooting he got into a car accident and broke his hand; by morning it had swollen "to the size of a boxing glove." Seeing it was his first movie and afraid he'd be fired, Keith tried to hide it behind his back as he walked toward John Carpenter. Carpenter sent him to the hospital where he had two pins inserted and had to wear a black surgical glove for the first half of filming.
It's gonna take more than a car accident to keep a badass like Childs down.
The night before Keith David's first day of shooting he got into a car accident and broke his hand; by morning it had swollen "to the size of a boxing glove." Seeing it was his first movie and afraid he'd be fired, Keith tried to hide it behind his back as he walked toward John Carpenter. Carpenter sent him to the hospital where he had two pins inserted and had to wear a black surgical glove for the first half of filming.
It's gonna take more than a car accident to keep a badass like Childs down.
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Heard a story from someone who worked on the movie Casper; JJ Abrams, fresh off of writing Regarding Henry and Forever Young, did several weeks of uncredited rewrites on Casper. He was basically locked in the director's trailer while they shot.
Spielberg, a producer on the film, suggested Abrams after following his career since Abrams was a teenager making shorts with fellow future director, Matt Reeves.
Spielberg, a producer on the film, suggested Abrams after following his career since Abrams was a teenager making shorts with fellow future director, Matt Reeves.
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I always love when actors turn in legendary performances almost by accident.
A week before Halloween began shooting, Carpenter met with Donald Pleasance who told him he had no idea who his character was. Pleasance had only agreed to the part because he had alimony due, and his daughter liked the music in Assault on Precinct 13.
I agree, the Precinct 13 score is one of his absolute best.
A week before Halloween began shooting, Carpenter met with Donald Pleasance who told him he had no idea who his character was. Pleasance had only agreed to the part because he had alimony due, and his daughter liked the music in Assault on Precinct 13.
I agree, the Precinct 13 score is one of his absolute best.
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It’s endlessly entertaining to me how brutal comedy writing rooms can be.
After winning an Emmy the night before, Phil Hartman walked in to SNL and tossed an 8-by-10 photo to Jon Lovitz. It showed Hartman holding the award in one arm and his newborn in the other. He said: "Check it out, Lovitz - two things you'll never have."
After winning an Emmy the night before, Phil Hartman walked in to SNL and tossed an 8-by-10 photo to Jon Lovitz. It showed Hartman holding the award in one arm and his newborn in the other. He said: "Check it out, Lovitz - two things you'll never have."
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