Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Patrick Dempsey

McDreamy wasn't even credited in his first-ever role. Before starring in the '80s rom-com Can't Buy Me Love (1987), Patrick Dempsey appeared in The Stuff (1985), a satirical sci-fi horror movie in which he played "Underground Stuff Buyer #2." The character was so minimal that there are no existing stills of Dempsey's feature in the film.

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The More You Know

  • Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.
  • In Home Alone, Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought it would be too mean to ask a girl to be in the film this way.
  • Only three films have won “The Big Five” Oscars
  • The Lion King was originally known as King of the Jungle until someone at Disney finally remembered that lions don’t actually live in jungles.
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