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

Demi Moore

Everyone has to start somewhere—and for Demi Moore, that was at the bottom of the sci-fi horror bargain bin. Moore plays a lemon farmer named Patricia Wells living in post-apocalyptic America after a deadly parasite has been set loose on the nation. The film received largely negative reviews, but it has still been recognized as Moore's first major film role.

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The More You Know

  • While filming ‘The Machinist,’ Christian Bale only ate an apple and a can of tuna each day. His goal was to weigh 100 pounds before producers stopped him.
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • 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.
  • Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots whenever he wants.
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