30 Silliest Behind-the-Scenes Moments From Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

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30 Silliest Behind-the-Scenes Moments From Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows
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The scenes themselves just couldn’t contain all the sillies! We already thought movie-making was a great time, but this got us extra pumped to quit our pre-list blurb writing job and head to Hollywood. 

We need to get in on the excitement. Doesn’t pranking Matt Damon with George Clooney sound a lot better than typing about it? We think so.

Step Brothers

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS KATHRYN HAHN WAS APPLAUDED FOR HER VAGINA MONOLOGUE. STEP BROTHERS Adam McKay says the greatest scene from the film is Hahn's hilarious I want to roll you into a little ball and shove you up my vagina monologue. It only required one take and the whole crew burst into spontaneous applause after she was done. CRACKED.COM

Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS LASSO'S FAMOUS BISCUITS ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY GROSS. TED LASSO In an interview, Rebecca Hannah Waddingham described the supposedly delicious biscuits as a bit of dried-out sponge that's been left in your bathroom in a tiny pink box and that pretending to like them was her greatest acting job. CRACKED.COM

Ted Lasso (Again)

30 Silliest Behind-the-Scenes Moments From Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Office Space

TGI Fridays quietly discontinued its flair policy because of Office-Space. 1 CRACKED.COM One of Mike Judge's assistant directors once asked a Fridays waiter why they stopped wearing flair, and was told they removed it because of that movie Office Space.

The World’s End

Family members accidentally played the same role. THE WORLD'S END ORLD'S END CRACKED.COM Two actors who were cast as slightly different owners of identical pubs met on set, only to realize they were each other's cousins.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Trust the comedy instincts of LESLIE MANN CRACKED.COM Apatow thought her scene should end with cops finding a gun under her seat. And Leslie said to me, 'No, I really think I need to throw up in his face.' And then she made her own vomit out of strawberry yogurt and some sort of breakfast cereal. And it turned out to be one of the biggest laughs of the movie.

Step Brothers (Again)

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS RICHARD JENKINS' DINOSAUR MONOLOGUE WAS IMPROVISED. WINE MIXER STEP BROTHERS Jenkins improvised the hilarious monologue on the day of the shoot. However, the actor was embarrassed by it and asked Adam McKay to not use it in the final cut. McKay thought it was too funny and decided to use it anyway. CRACKED.COM

Step Brothers (Yep, for A Third Time)

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS ADAM MCKAY SINGS THE BOATS 'N HOES CHORUS. STEP BROTHERS The boats and hoes, boats and hoes part of the song was performed by the director. His lines were recorded over the phone, which is why the chorus sounds slightly muffled. CRACKED.COM

Batman v Superman

30 Silliest Behind-the-Scenes Moments From Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Breaking Bad

BRYAN CRANSTON REGULARLY MADE AARON PAUL THINK JESSE WAS GOING TO DIE. Paul says Cranton took advantage of his fear of getting killed off Breaking Bad on a regular basis. One time Cranston freaked Paul out by hugging him and telling him, It's been a fun ride. You read the script right? On another occasion, Cranston made Paul believe he had to get measured for his coffin. CRACKED.COM

The Monuments

GEORGE CLOONEY MADE MATT DAMON THINK НЕ WAS GAINING WEIGHT. C'ARTE UNIVERSITY Biennale di Venezia 2017 ALE ICA While filming The Monuments Men, Damon needed to start losing weight for his next role. Clooney decided to mess with him by having the wardrobe department tighten his pants by an eighth of an inch every few days, making Damon think he was gaining weight. CRACKED.COM

Guardians of the Galaxy

JAMES GUNN PUT MICHEAL ROOKER'S FACE ON TOILET PAPER. EN ROOKER When Gunn invited Rooker over for Christmas dinner one year, he surprised his long-time friend by having toilet paper made with his face on it and putting it inside every bathroom in his house. The director revealed he had to resort to using Rooker's face during the COVID-19 lockdown. CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

JOHN BRADLEY THOUGHT НЕ WOULD HAVE TO WEAR AN INCREDIBLY GOOFY COSTUME. Game of Thrones producers decided to prank Bradley by having the costume department create an outrageously ridiculous costume for him and convincing him he would be wearing it for an entire season. To sell the lie, they even had him screen test the outfit. CRACKED.COM

The Empire Strikes Back

BILLY DEE WILLIAMS MADE MARK HAMILL THINK НЕ WOULD GO TO JAIL IF НЕ LOOKED PRINCESS MARGARET IN THE EYES. Before the cast met the Princess at the London premiere of The Empire Strikes Back, Williams told Hamill that holding direct eye contact with British royalty was punishable with a prison sentence. CRACKED.COM

Back to the Future

30 Silliest Behind-the-Scenes Moments From Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation

TOM CRUISE SLOWLY COOKED SIMON PEGG ON THE SET OF MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION. The two actors spent five days in a car together while shooting a car chase scene in Morocco. After about three days of shooting in unbearable heat, Pegg realized Cruise had been turning on his seat heater the whole time. CRACKED.COM

Simon Pegg

THANDIE NEWTON LOVED PRANKING SIMON PEGG. On the set of Run Fatboy Run, Newton used Mars bars to mold a turd and placed it in Simon Pegg's toilet. Pegg wasn't safe even after the filming wrapped - during the press tour, Newton put vodka in all of Pegg's mineral water bottles. CRACKED.COM

Orange Is the New Black

THE CIGARETTE-SMUGGLING ROACHES IN ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK WERE REAL TRAINED COCKROACHES. Prop master Rachael Weinzimer said she CRACKED.COM couldn't just attach a cigarette to a cockroach and send it on its way, SO insect handlers had to teach the bugs to navigate a prototype maze they designed.

Mrs. Doubtfire

GRAGKED.COM Mrs. Doubtfire top SEX SH I SHOP ЕРЕЛМАРТА PROJECTION DVD VIDEO During filming, Robin Williams once browsed a local sex shop while in full costume as Mrs. Doubtfire.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

INDIANAJONES and the LAST CRUSADE Sean Connery and Harrison Ford aren't wearing any pants during this scene, because it was so hot on the day of filming. CRACKED.COM

True Lies

Jamie Lee Curtis lost her grip. TRUE LIES CRACKED.COM Her pratfall during her seductive dance was real; you can even see Arnold move to help her.

Ghostbusters

A crewmember knocked over the bookcase. GHOSTBUSTERS CRACKED.COM A falling bookshelf should have been a disaster, but Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd turned it into comedy gold.

Bad Santa

To get her role in Bad Santa, Lauren Graham had to hump a chair. I can still remember how terrified I was at the Bad Santa audition. I had to hump a chair ...I humped a chair. Among other things. I had to do basically everything that my character does. And a lot of it is very... visual, she said. CRACKED.COM

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

SPIDER-MAN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Toby Maguire dance. The producers were worried that audiences would not get the throwback to Maguire's Peter Parker dancing down the street in Spider-Man 3. CRACKED.COM

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Again)

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Apatow worried that Steve would lose a BODY PART CRACKED COM We were looking for who was a professional waxer, says Apatow. Somebody said 'this is the person. And the woman who claimed to know how to wax I think lied. She put the wax over Steve's nipple and we almost lost a nipple. That's all I'm going to say.

Godzilla

Godzilla Actor Haruo Nakajima's sweat was regularly drained by the cupful from these dorky overalls. CRACKED.COM

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master It turns out plenty of people want to suck face with Freddy. CRACKED.COM

Silence of the Lambs

Silence of the Lambs I ate his liver with some cold french fries and a nice Mr. Pibb... sfsfsfsfsfsfsfs CRACKED.COM

Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III This is how you play god: effects supervisor John Rosengrant taking his dino legs for a spin. CRACKED.COM

The Hobbit

The Hobbit 20.10 - REC 50 Benedict Cumberbatch warming up his face (presumably by saying his own name). CRACKED.COM

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