These Are The Greatest Action Stars of All Time

All Over the Map

His most action-packed role was definitely in Gladiator in 2000, where he won the Best Actor Oscar. He played other kickass characters in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 3:10 to Yuma, and Robin Hood. He even has a role in the upcoming superhero flick Thor: Love and Thunder. 

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The More You Know

  • Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
  • ‘Schindler’s List’ relied on advertisements to get costumes for extras.
  • 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.
  • Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
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