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

Jim Carrey

Although Jim Carrey made his feature film debut in Finders Keepers, one year later, he earned a leading role in 1985's Once Bitten. Carrey plays a young virgin seduced by a centuries-old vampire looking for fresh blood. The film marked Carrey's first-ever onscreen kiss: "Gosh, my first screen kiss had to be in Once Bitten with Karen Kopins, I believe," he said. "And yeah, it was always a good thing. Always a good thing. I like—I really enjoy other genders. Let’s just say that. Kissing in general is just a good thing."

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The More You Know

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  • There’s a Starbucks cup in every "Fight Club" scene.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
  • When filming Chinatown Jack Nicholson was dating Anjelica Huston, the daughter of his screen nemesis John Huston.
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