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

  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • During the filming of The Grinch, Jim Carrey sought counseling from a Navy SEAL to learn torture-resistance techniques in order to handle the extensive makeup.
  • The director of Cannibal Holocaust had to prove in court that the actors were still alive and didn’t get killed during the movie.
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