Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Marilyn Burns in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Tobe Hooper was a ruthless writer-director on this project. When Texas Chain Saw Massacre hit the big screen, people were literally frightened out of their seats—but he also managed to freak out the entire cast. In order to capture their authentic reactions, Hooper made the executive decision to conceal Leatherface's grotesque features until it was time to start rolling.

Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby is brother-in-law to novelist and screenwriter Robert Harris.
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 skeletons in "Poltergeist" are not props. They are real human skeletons.
The cat in "The Godfather" was a stray.

Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Marilyn Burns in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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