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Sir Patrick Stewart was a real naughty boy on the set of The Next Generation.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino can't stand cell phones on set. Timothy Olyphant, who worked with Tarantino on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, said the director refused anyone to have their cell phones with them. Apparently, if you're caught with one on set, you're immediately fired. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Directors And The Things They Hate

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Heather Langenkamp

Scream Queens Heather Langenkamp got engaged on the set of a horror movie. Langenkamp is married to makeup artist David LeRoy Anderson - and you just know this is true horror love, because he proposed to her on the set of Mary Lambert's classic Pet Sematary. CRACKED G COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Alien

Alien actors were often fainting on set. The fake spacesuits got SO hot on set, and the fact that they filmed in summer didn't help either. Actors were passing out SO regularly that they got a nurse with an oxygen tank to be on standby. The crew eventually adjusted the costumes. CRACKED.COM — Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios

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Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart asked Wil Wheaton for oral sex on The Next Generation set. — Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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Good Burger

CRACKED.COM Good Burger There was nearly a ton of rotting meat on set. According to Kenan Thompson, at one point there was 1,750 pounds of meat on set that the poor extras had to pretend to eat, as the burgers got older and older with each take. — Source

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Fast & Furious 6

The tank scene in Fast & Furious 6 was supposed to be set in London. They would have used a set with a fake Piccadilly Circus and then put in CGI buildings later, but they went with an open highway instead since that was much cheaper. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Boy Meets World

Boy Meets world The kids pretty much went to school on set. RECYCLE All of the child actors did their school work together on set. It always ended up being more like a regular school classroom, Danielle Fishel has said. CRACKED.COM — Source: Parade

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Robert Englund

BEFORE НЕ BECAME FREDDY KRUEGER, ROBERT ENGLUND WAS PAID TO THROW LEAVES AROUND ON THE SET of HALLOWEEN. Englund said he was conned by his roommate to work as a temporary set builder on the production of the 1978 film. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Facts About The Making Of Your Favorite Horror Movies

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Robert De Niro

Bobby DeNiro pranked his co-star Nat Wolff on the set of The Intern. When he was chewing gum, DeNiro told him he should put it under the table, and when Wolff did that, DeNiro started going on about how Wolff was putting gum on the set. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman came up with the line What do they call you? Wheels? on the Men set. — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Ryan Gosling

Actors trying to be musicians (and vice versa) Ryan Gosling, more like Ryan Gothling. Early in Gosling's career, he played guitar and piano while singing for goth rock band Dead Man's Bones. It wasn't terrible music, but it wasn't nearly as successful as his acting career. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vice
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Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix's entire mainstream career lasted just 4 years. Hendrix altered the course of popular mu- sic before his career ended abruptly with his death in 1970, at the age of 27. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Michael Richards

CRACKED MICHAEL RICHARDS: FROM SEINFELD STAR TO CAREER-ENDING RACIAL SLUR. Michael Richards destroyed his career in 3 minutes when he used racial slurs and berated a Black audience member, and his career never recovered to the level of success he had on Seinfeld. — CheatSheet

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Jussie Smollett

CRACKED JUSSIE SMOLLETT FAKED A HATE CRIME. Jussie Smollett was found guilty on five of six charges of disorderly conduct for lying to police about staging an anti-gay, racist attack on himself, and experts say his career is now unsalvageable due to the verdicts. — Fox / Vanity Fair

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The Absolute Worst Kind of Easter Egg

CRACKED BANK BASI CRA Jewells 212 POLICE ARTIST'S CAREER ENDS AFTER MARVEL FINDS HIDDEN MESSAGES. Marvel terminated the contract of Indonesian artist Ardian Syaf after he snuck anti-Christian and anti-Semitic messages into artwork for the Marvel X-Men comic. Ardian has since apologized and stated that his career is now over. — Straits Times

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Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey GOLDMEMBER CRACKED COM Before his career-ending career-ending penchant for sexually assaulting minors in the entertainment industry came — Source: YouTube

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Nick Diaz

CRACKED.COM MMA fighter Nick Diaz was asked if marijuana use had interfered with his fighting career. TRXEPORCE ORCE the KST DRINK On the contrary, my fight career has gotten in the way of my marijuana smoking. — Source: TheMacLife

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Mickey Rourke

MICKEY BE ROURKE SIN CITY GRACKED COM After critically acclaimed 80's films, Rourke focused on a fairly successful boxing career. Не returned for bit roles in the mid 90s, but 2005's Sin City gave his career a massive jolt, landing him The Wrestler - a role that won him a Golden Globe. — Source: Esquire

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Patrick Dempsey

Besides acting, Patrick Dempsey also has a career as a race-car drivero P. emasav 911 Mou CARTIID MICHELIN CRACKEDCON

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Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner was a makeup artist before he began his acting career. CRACKEDCON

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TRIVIA: Negasonic Wouldn’t Have Fit in ‘Guardians 2’

CRACKED.COM DEADPOOL NEGASONIC WAS PART OF A BARTER WITH GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2. Marvel owned the rights to Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Fox wanted her for Deadpool. Fox owned the rights to Ego the Living Planet and Marvel wanted for GotG Vol. 2. Fair trade.

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Edward Norton

Hollywood feuds EDWARD NORTON VS MARVEL Norton was difficult throughout the entire creative process, but after he insisted on editing The Incredible Hulk, Marvel distanced themselves and hired Mark Ruffalo for future films. CRACKED — Source

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Ms. Marvel

Doubles in MCU's Phase Four MS. MARVEL A fan girl dresses as her favorite superhero once she finds out she has powers of her own. CRACKED COM

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Catwoman and Black Cat

MARVEL+DC PERFECT FRENEMIES DC CATWOMAN Not only are they both cat-themed burglars that occasionally fight on the side of angels, but both can confide in their most common issue: Loving a masked hero, but only liking their secret identity. MARVEL BLACK CAT GRACKED.COM — Marvel, DC
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Time Stone

Time Travel Methods Marvel Cinematic Universe Use the Time Stone Good for remaking apples and bargaining with interdimensional beings. It's good on its own, but you'll have to fend off folks trying to assemble the whole set of stones. CRACKED.COM — More: Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
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Wesley Snipes

Marvel Stars from the Multiverse Marvel never stopped wanting Wesley Snipes. Snipes is Blade. That was the consensus at Marvel for a long-time, trying to bring the original Blade back, before recasting as Mahershala Ali. — Source: Giant Freakin Robot

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Marvel’s Bankruptcy

THE NFINITY DLDEiS MARVEL GAUNTLET NCIBLE MAN VENGERS MINEL FOPEAVOLR MARVE THAEOOS AvEVGERS SENOIS DAvS >RIme The 'g0s comic book bubble brought Marvel to bankruptcy. Many were collecting comics in the early 'g0s, thinking that their collections would one day sell for big bucks -and Marvel was happy to cater — More: 5 Huge Companies That Once Were Failing Miserably

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Howard the Duck

The first-ever Marvel movie was Howard the Duck. m HOWAR THE DUCK BMKL. There was an earlier Captain America movie, but Marvel didn't actually exist y — Source: IMDB

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Malcolm Spellman

BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS THE AVENGERS' SALARY CAUSED A COMMOTION AT MARVEL STUDIOS. THEFALCON WINTER SOLDIER Creator Malcolm Spellman says the discussion about how much the Avengers get paid triggered everybody at Marvel. Kevin Feige and other Marvel higher-ups all wanted to have input on the scene. — YouTube

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Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter

MARVEL SUPERHEROES vs. STREET FIGHTER There's a pervert in the Japanese version of Marvel Superheroes vs. Street Fighter. He's an older man named Norimaro who dresses like a schoolboy. Не spends his time trying to take Chun-Li's picture. If you beat the game with him, he steals her panties. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Games We Grew Up On (With Weird Backstories)

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Infinity War

AVENGERS WAR CRACKED.COM INFINITY MARVEL STUDIOS That blue guy chilling in The Collector's display case? Don't mind him. That's just Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development. — Source

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Fans Fighting for Their Favorite Shows

AUSTERO BLUT COMPANY Arrested Development fans wrote letters and sent fake bananas to Fox. The series has a passionate and loyal fanbase who were willing to fight for more seasons-which they did by flooding Fox with letters and fake bananas in an effort to get the show renewed. CRACKED — Fox
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Mae Whitman

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Her? CRACKED.COM ALESSANDRA TORRESANI MAE WHITMAN The original plan was to keep replacing Ann Veal every season, but Whitman proved perfectly forgettable. — Source

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Ann Veal

GRACKED BEST: THE BLUTHS DON'T LIKE ANN. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT From mayonegg to leaving her in Mexico, the Bluths have a funny way of wanting the best for George Michael. — YouTube / Cinemablend

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Arrested Development on Netflix

CRACKED ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT SEASONS 4 & 5. Season 4 was so bad that they released a remix edit along with Season 5 in 2018. Both were far cries from the first 3 seasons, and fans choose to believe it ended after Season 3 in 2006. — Mutant Reviewers Movies

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Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers CRACKED.COM The Arrested Development star played linebacker at San Diego State, and went on to play 8 games for the Oakland Raiders. — Source: 14 Startlingly Athletic Hollywood Actors

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Tobias Funke

Easter Eggs Arrested Development According to many background hints, it turns out Tobias is a light-skinned black man, making his middle name Onyango and dashiki wearing make a touch more sense. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Eyebrow-Arching Easter Eggs In Popular TV Shows

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Michael Cera

Michael Cera played Brother Bear on PBS' The Berenstain Bears. He started playing Brother Bear a year before he signed on to do Arrested Development, and kept the job after Arrested Development got started. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

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David Cross

DAVID CROSS FOUGHT FOX TO KEEP HIS MUSTACHE IN ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. According to Cross, Fox had three rules for men in comedy: no baseball caps, no p

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Wreck-It-Ralph

The development of the Disney animated film Wreck-it-Ralph started in the late 1980's. CRACKED.COM Development spanned nearly three decades and four working titles -High Score, Joe Jump, and Reboot Ralph. — Source

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