Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins' legendary performance as prolific serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter scared the socks off more than just the audience. Although Hopkins met with Jodie Foster prior to filming for a table read, she was so terrified of him afterward that she refused to say another word to him off-camera for the duration of production. Foster went out of her way to dodge Hopkins: "We got to the end of the movie and really never had a conversation," she said. "I avoided him as best as I could."

Next Page →

The More You Know

Some Wookie suits were made from human hair.
Quentin Tarantino wants to stop making movies after his 10th film. The Hateful Eight was his 8th film.
Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
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.

Next Page →