Actors Who Were Traumatized By Their Most Intense Roles

The Last of the Mohicans

For Day-Lewis, this was something worth pursuing. He says that it's methods like this that make acting worth the work. "I think it comes through, the details of discovering a way of life,” the actor said. "There’s no wasted experience. In the discovery of it, you’re becoming at ease with it. Day-Lewis learned how to skin animals, throw tomahawks, build canoes, and reload muskets. He's had a love of the outdoors ever since!

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The More You Know

  • Peter O’Toole was nominated for eight performance Oscars and didn’t win a single one.
  • To thank Robin Williams for his work on Aladdin, Disney sent him a late Pablo Picasso painting.
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
  • Within 3 days of release The Hunger Games has become the highest grossing film for production company Lionsgate.
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