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Daniel Day-Lewis

METHOD MADNESS DANIEL DAY-LEWIS GANGS OF NEW YORK Не caught pneumonia after refusing to wear a coat between scenes (since those coats didn't exist in the 1860s). Не said, I will admit that I went mad, totally mad, and the role was, not so good for my physical or mental health. CRACKED — Miramax Films
BBC

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Meryl Streep

METHOD MADNESS THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA MERYL STREEP as Miranda Priestly Her performance was Oscar nominated, but she said it was the last time she'd ever attempt method acting. It was horrible. I was miserable in my trailer. I could hear them all laughing... I was so depressed! CRACKED — 20th Century Studios
BuzzFeed

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Al Pacino

METHOD MADNESS SCENT OF A WOMAN When AL PACINO went blind While filming, he claimed to actually be blind. Не tripped over things that he couldn't see, and he sent Chris O'Donnell a letter saying, I couldn't tell what you were doing because I sort of never saw you. From what I've heard, your performance is outstanding. CRACKED — Universal Pictures
Collider

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Oldboy

METHOD MADNESS OLDBOY CHOI MIN-SIK His character Dae- su spends 15 years in prison, so he branded himself once for each year. Не also ate an entire living octopus in a single take, then said, I felt sorry for the octopus. CRACKED — Egg Film, CJ Entertainment
Far Out Magazine

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The Goonies

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Ridley Scott

40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Snort Up Your Schnoz Like a Thirsty Elephant

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Captain Phillips

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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Anthony Hopkins

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Lillian Gish

The first film actress: CRACKED.COM Known to act so hard she'd collapse, Lillian Gish was the first actress hired specifically for film. She method-acted so hard, she gave herself permanent nerve damage and almost starved to death on film. — Source

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Kanye West

KANYE WEST SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 at Decked out in a MAGA hat, Kanye ended the season premiere with a pro-Trump rant that never made it to air. The ramble — People

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The Clash

The Clash Drummer Topper Headon wrote Rock the Casbah but was fired over his heroin addiction before it became their biggest hit. At the height of their fame, Paul Simonon, Mick Jones, and Joe Strummer fought relentlessly over the direction of the band and broke up in 1986. CRACKED — Source

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The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers After 20 successful years, Don Everly got so drunk at a show in 1973, that he couldn't remember the lyrics to their most popular songs. Phil Everly broke his guitar over his brother's head, stormed out of the venue, and they didn't speak again until their father died years later. CRACKED — Source

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Temptation

Unreleased movies Zoe Saldaña Adam Pascal TEMPTATION This 2004 rock musical was only shown once, at the New York Musical Festival. It featured real people, animation, and surreal sets and backgrounds CRACKED — Rough Diamond Productions
IMDb

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Clueless: The Musical

CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Clueless, the Musical The staging features classic songs with their lyrics rewritten to match the scenes. — Source: 15 Facts About Jukebox Musicals We're Singing Along To

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Musical movies Willy Wonka and the chocolate Factory Author Roald Dahl hated this movie for various reasons, including changes to the story and Gene Wilder's casting. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Now-You-Know Facts About Movie Music To Sing From The Rooftops

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At Long Last Love

CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals At Long Last Love The actors sang live on set, unlike most modern movie musicals, as a call back to the old days of the genre. — Source: 15 Facts About Jukebox Musicals We're Singing Along To

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Chris Evans

Chris Evans He's dying to do a musical. Having grown up singing and memorizing songs from Disney movies and stage shows, Evans has shared that he really wants to do a movie musical. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Arianna Grande

ARIANNA GRANDE MARCH 12, 2016 Grande flubbed a line during her monologue and punctuated the goof with an unscripted Oh sh--! Or was that when she re — Variety

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Batman

HOLY MUSICAL, AMAN! CRACKED This not officially sanctioned by DC Comics musical featured the show-stopping number Robin Sucks.

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Strangers with Candy

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Strangers with Candy made Comedy Central history. 26 CRACKED.COM The show was Comedy Central's first original, live-action, non- sketch series. Yeah, that's a lot of qualifiers, but pretty cool nonetheless. — IGN

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Wonder Showzen

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Wonder Showzen Like a comedy Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Wonder Showzen parodies children's programming. In a Pre-Nathan Fielder world we had Clarence to have awkward conversations with people on the street. — Source: The Ringer

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN THE UKRAINIAN MOVIE RZHEVSKIY PROTIV NAPOLEONA, ZELENSKY PLAYED NAPOLEON. The movie (in English, Corporal vs. Napoleon), shows Napoleon during his invasion of Russia. — Source

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Jack Handey

COMEDY DEL NERD CRACKED.COM Fuzzy Memories: Thanksgiving Fuxxy Memories Jack Handey, a name revered in comedy nerd circles the world over, may BE more well-known for his Deep Thoughts series, but it was his Fuzzy Memories series that hit Thanksgiving. Short, sweet, and devastating, as his best pieces are, it'll stick in your head for days like a pop song chorus.

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Adam Sandler

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM ADAM SANDLER AND MANY OTHER COMEDIANS RAISED OVER $300,000 FOR COMEDIANS. It was through the Laugh Aid live stream, a six-hour charity event that focused on Comedy Gives Back's COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund - which helped struggling comedians during COVID. — Source

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Aidy Bryant

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SNL COMEDIAN AIDY BRYANT HAD A CAMEO IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2. She's dressed up as the Statue of Liberty, having her photo taken with tourists. — Source

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Bob Newhart

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.' Bob Newhart — NBC

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Family Guy

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM A FAMILY GUY EPISODE WAS BANNED BECAUSE IT INVOLVED ABORTION. The episode, Partial Terms of Endearment, couldn't run on TV - but it did make it on DVD. — Source

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Hugh Laurie

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Hugh Laurie As easy as it is to forget that Hugh Laurie is from the UK, it's almost easier to forget he is a comedian. Hugh starred in a comedy sketch show with Stephen Fry in the 80s called A Bit of Fry and Laurie. — Source: A Bit of Hugh and Laurie

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New Girl

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM NEW GIRL DESIGNER DEBRA MCGUIRE DESIGNED A FAIR AMOUNT OF ZOOEY'S WARDROBE. Everything Zooey Deschanel wears on the show, that hasn't been bought elsewhere, was designed by McGuire. — Source

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Chris Rock

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Chris Rock has a corsage from his prom date. Purple vinyl jacket + Jheri curl + fake lapel flower = 1980s comedy perfection. — Just for Laughs

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Sheldon

COMEDY NERD Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory was actually originally named Kenny. But they changed that to Sheldon in homage to great TV producer Sheldon Leonard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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George Carlin

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Atheism is a non- prophet organization. George Carlin — HBO

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BoJack Horseman

COMEDY NERD Princess Carolyn from BoJack Horseman was originally going to be two characters. There was a male agent and an ex-girlfriend, and eventually they got collapsed into one person - Princess Carolyn. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bo Burnham

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM What's a pirate minus the ship? Just a creative homeless guy. Во Burnham — Comedy Central

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Ellie Kemper

COMEDY NERD One of Ellie Kemper's favorite books is Working, by Studs Terkel. She says his books are invaluable time capsules of how Americans in previous generations spoke and thought about themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Richard Lewis

COMEDY NERD David Brenner (guest host of the Tonight Show) mentored Richard Lewis. Не even gave Lewis a loan so he could afford to quit his job and start a new comedy career. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chelsea Peretti

COMEDY NERD A comedy group that included Chelsea Peretti wrote an Adult Swim pilot in 2012. It was called Getting It Together, and it was about four women who somehow end up living in a tree house in Central Park. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jason Sudeikis

COMEDY DG NERD CRACKED.COM Jason Sudeikis Many times on SNL Sudeikis played the role of a coach, but it was the iteration created for a series of commercials that would lead to his 2021 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy win for fish-out-of-water soccer/football comedy Ted Lasso.

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Vision

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM VISION Well, I was born yesterday. May have gotten that classic wit from the parts of him that Tony is responsible for.

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