Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Hopkins took home an Academy Award for Best Actor, but behind the scenes, he nowhere near as cool or collected as his performance had made him seem. On the final day of shooting, Hopkins approached Foster, who had a tear in her eye. She said, "I was really scared of you," to which he replied, "I was really scared of you!" Turns out that everything isn't what it appears to be on the silver screen.

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The More You Know

  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
  • Hugh Jackman went without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene of 'Les Miserables.'
  • Toto was paid more than some of the humans in 'The Wizard of Oz'
  • For 'Fight Club' (1999), Brad Pitt had pieces of his front teeth chipped off to play Tyler Durden. He also took soap-making classes, boxing, taekwondo, and grappling lessons with Edward Norton to prepare for the role.
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