Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Janet Leigh in Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock may have revolutionized the horror industry, but the director was notorious for terrorizing women in his films. Although you mind consider Psycho a classic staple of the genre, Janet Leigh was deeply traumatized from her experience on set. Leigh, who played Marion Crane, developed a phobia of showers after she was "stabbed" in the now-infamous scene. Leigh only took baths after working on the movie, always making sure to keep the curtain drawn back. She faced the door at all times.

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