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

John Travolta

John Travolta's official film debut wasn't anything to write home about. He played a hooded cult follower in the low-budget horror flick The Devil's Rain (1975). Only one year, Travolta earned a supporting role as Billy Nolan in 1976's Carrie opposite Sissy Spacek. "I don't think any of us could have known the life the movie would take on for decades...or how many times we'd have to explain to our families the blood was actually corn syrup!" he captioned a throwback Instagram post.

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The More You Know

In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
The Titanic film runs for as long as the ship sunk.
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton actually learned how to make soap in Fight Club.
George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.

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