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

Jessica Lange

She may have reentered the modern mainstream with her iconic roles in American Horror Story, but Jessica Lange first rose to popularity when she debuted in 1976's King Kong. Lange earned a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Dwan. Although the monster flick did effectively launch her career, she reportedly received enough negative publicity that it "almost destroyed her career."

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The More You Know

  • Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
  • 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.
  • Some of the velociraptor noises in "Jurassic Park" are actually tortoises mating.
  • In the movie Dredd, they slowed down a Justin Bieber song by 800 times to create the "slow motion" noise.
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