The Untold Truth Behind Hollywood's Steamiest Scenes

Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman

Before filming her love scenes with Richard Gere, Roberts broke out in nervous hives. “I had never done this kind of stuff before, and I was really nervous," said the actress. "I'd get hives. They'd say, ‘kiss,’ and I'd get a hive...but the funny thing is that we’d become such a family. This particular crew, we became so close to one another that by the time a scene like this came up—everyone knows the way that I felt and my kind of value ideas about it—everybody was more nervous than I was."

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The More You Know

  • The iconic body and hand in the poster for American Beauty belong to actress/model Chloe Hunter, not Mena Suvari.
  • The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
  • The Hollywood sign once read ‘Hollywoodland’
  • Toto was paid $125 per week while filming The Wizard of Oz.
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